Lamentations 3:8 · KJV
“Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.”
— Lamentations 3:8
He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.
He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.
Lamentations 3 — Context
He hath set me in dark places, as {they that be} dead of old.
7He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.
8Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.
9He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.
10He {was} unto me {as} a bear lying in wait, {and as} a lion in secret places.
Cross References
Job 30:20
I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me: I stand up, and thou regardest me {not}.
Psalms 22:2
O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent. {am...: Heb. there is no silence to me}
Job 19:7
Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but {there is} no judgment. {wrong: or, violence}
Lamentations 3:44
Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that {our} prayer should not pass through.
Matthew 27:46
And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
Habakkuk 1:2
O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! {even} cry out unto thee {of} violence, and thou wilt not save!
Psalms 80:4
O LORD God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people? {be...: Heb. smoke}