Lamentations 3:8

Lamentations 3:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.
• New International Version (NIV)Even when I call out or cry for help, he shuts out my prayer.
• English Standard Version (ESV)though I call and cry for help, he shuts out my prayer;
• New King James Version (NKJV)Even when I cry and shout, He shuts out my prayer.

Context of Lamentations 3:8

6He has brought me to this dark place. So I am like a person who has been dead for a long time. 7It is as if God has built high walls round me, and I cannot go out. My troubles are very bad. They hold me down like heavy chains. I shout and I pray for help, but God does not listen. 9On every road that I go along, he has put big rocks in my way. I cannot go past them. 10God is like a strong wild animal. He hides and he waits for me by the path.

Lamentations 3:8 word by word

גַּ֣ם כִּ֤י אֶזְעַק֙ וַאֲשַׁוֵּ֔עַ שָׂתַ֖ם תְּפִלָּתִֽי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Also when I cryזָעַקzâ‛aq · to cry outH2199
• and shoutשָׁוַעshâva‛ · to cryH7768
• he shutteth outשָׂתַםsâtham ώâtham · to stopperH5640
• my prayerתְּפִלָּהtephillâh · prayerH8605

Cross-references for Lamentations 3:8

• Lamentations 3:44You have hidden from us in a cloud. So you do not listen to us when we talk to you.
• Job 19:7If I shout, “Help me, I am in trouble!” nobody answers me. I shout to get help, but nobody comes to give me justice.
• Job 30:20I call aloud to you, God, but you do not answer me. When I stand to pray, you only look at me.
• Psalms 22:2My God! I call aloud to you for help every day, all day and all night! But you do not answer my prayers, so I cannot sleep.
• Psalms 80:4Lord God Almighty, we, your people, are praying to you. How long will you continue to be angry with us?
• Habakkuk 1:2Lord, how long must I call out to you for help? You do not listen to me! I shout aloud to you, ‘Violence is everywhere!’ but you do nothing to make us safe.
• Matthew 27:46At about three o'clock in the afternoon, Jesus shouted loudly, ‘Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?’ That means, ‘My God, my God, why have you left me alone?’

Commentaries on Lamentations 3:8

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8Shout - i. e. call for help. Shutteth out - Or, “shutteth in.” God has so closed up the avenues to the place in which he is immured, that his voice can find no egress.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6-9Some interpreters understand these verses as a poetic description of Jeremiah’s time in a muddy cistern (a deep water pit) before the destruction of Jerusalem (Jeremiah 38:6–13).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 7-97-9. hedged--(Job 3:23; Ho 2:6). chain--literally, "chain of brass."Read the comment

Topics related to Lamentations 3:8

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Despondency
• Doubting
• Wicked (People)

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Commentaries on Lamentations 3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings