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 made me live in darkness, like those who died a long time ago. 7He has blocked me so that I can’t get out. He has put heavy chains on me. Even when I cry and call for help, he shuts out my prayer. 9He has blocked my way with cut stones and made my paths crooked. 10He is like a bear waiting to ambush me, like a lion in hiding.

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 covered yourself with a cloud so that no prayer could get through it.
• Job 19:7Indeed, I cry, ‘Help! I’m being attacked!’ but I get no response. I call for help, but there is no justice.
• Job 30:20“I call to you for help, but you don’t answer me. I stand up, but you just look at me.
• Psalms 22:2My God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer— also at night, but I find no rest.
• Psalms 80:4O Lord God, commander of armies, how long will you smolder in anger against the prayer of your people?
• Habakkuk 1:2How long, O Lord, am I to cry for help, but you will not listen? I cry out to you, “There’s violence!” yet you will not come to the rescue.
• Matthew 27:46About three o’clock Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?”

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