Lamentations 3:56
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Lamentations 3:56 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Lamentations 3:56 is a verse from the book of Lamentations in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Thou hast heard my voice: hide not thine ear at my breathing, at my cry." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Lamentations 3:56 — KJV
“Thou hast heard my voice: hide not thine ear at my breathing, at my cry.”
— Lamentations 3:56 (KJV)
Lamentations 3:56 in Context — About the Book of Lamentations
Lamentations is five funeral poems over fallen Jerusalem — grief given holy structure. At its exact center burns the flame the darkness never reaches: because of the Lord's great love we are not consumed; His mercies are new every morning. It teaches us to grieve with hope.
Cross-References for Lamentations 3:56
“For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried unto thee.”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 3:56: hast, heard, voice
“Did ever people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, and live?”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 3:56: hast, heard, voice
“And when Eli heard the noise of the crying, he said, What meaneth the noise of this tumult? And the man came in hastily, and told Eli.”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 3:56: hast, heard, ear
“And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men; and Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why camest thou down hither? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle.”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 3:56: hast, heard, thine
“Because thine heart was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself before the LORD, when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard thee, saith the LORD.”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 3:56: hast, heard, thine
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