Lamentations 3:8
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Lamentations 3:8 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Lamentations 3:8 is a verse from the book of Lamentations in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Lamentations 3:8 — KJV
“Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.”
— Lamentations 3:8 (KJV)
Lamentations 3:8 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 3:8
“And when Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a great and exceeding bitter cry, and said unto his father, Bless me, even me also, O my father.”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 3:8: also, cry
“Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me: and I have also seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them.”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 3:8: also, cry
“And he said, It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery, neither is it the voice of them that cry for being overcome: but the noise of them that sing do I hear. being...: Heb. weakness”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 3:8: cry, shout
“And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them: for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up also.”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 3:8: also, cry
“Yet have thou respect unto the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to hearken unto the cry and to the prayer, which thy servant prayeth before thee to day:”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 3:8: cry, prayer
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