Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that our prayer should not pass through.
You have covered Yourself with a cloud that no prayer can pass through.
Thou hast covered Thyself with a cloud, So that prayer doth not pass through.
Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that prayer should not pass through.
Lamentations — Five poems over the ruin of Jerusalem. The first four are alphabetic acrostics — every letter of the Hebrew alphabet drafted to hold the weight of grief. At the book's centre, mercy renewed every morning.
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Yea, when I cry, and call for help, he shutteth out my prayer.
And it is come to pass that, as he cried, and they would not hear, so they shall cry, and I will not hear, said Jehovah of hosts;
O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou answerest not; And in the night season, and am not silent.
Clouds and darkness are round about him: Righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.
Then said Jehovah unto me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind would not be toward this people: cast them out of my sight, and let them go forth.
I cry unto thee, and thou dost not answer me: I stand up, and thou gazest at me.
Hear my prayer, O Jehovah, And let my cry come unto thee.
They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek Jehovah; but they shall not find him: he hath withdrawn himself from them.
And Jehovah said unto me, Pray not for this people for their good.
O Jehovah God of hosts, How long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?
And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God, and from his power; and none was able to enter into the temple, till the seven plagues of the seven angels should be finished.
And I saw another strong angel coming down out of heaven, arrayed with a cloud; and the rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire;
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"This cloud is so thick that our prayers seem as if they were lost in it; they cannot pass through; we cannot obtain an audience." Note, The prolonging of troubles is sometimes a temptation, even to praying people, to question whether God be what they have always believed him to be, a prayer-hearing God.
Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan
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Jeremiah 15:1Then said Jehovah unto me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind would not be toward this people: cast them out of my sight, and let them go forth.
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Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up cry nor prayer for them; for I will not hear them in the time that they cry unto me because of their trouble.
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though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they should deliver but their own souls by their righteousness, saith the Lord Jehovah.
though Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, as I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, they should deliver neither son nor daughter; they should but deliver their own souls by their righteousness.
And Jehovah said unto me, Pray not for this people for their good.
Therefore he said that he would destroy them, Had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, To turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them.
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Psalms 97:2Clouds and darkness are round about him: Righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.
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Righteousness and justice are the foundation of thy throne: Lovingkindness and truth go before thy face.
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Zechariah 7:13And it is come to pass that, as he cried, and they would not hear, so they shall cry, and I will not hear, said Jehovah of hosts;
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Because I have called, and ye have refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man hath regarded;
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Jeremiah 14:11And Jehovah said unto me, Pray not for this people for their good.
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Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up cry nor prayer for them, neither make intercession to me; for I will not hear thee.
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