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Lamentations 3:44

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Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that our prayer should not pass through.
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  1. Lamentations 3:8Rank 1 from verse 44
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    8Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.

  2. Zechariah 7:13Rank 2 from verse 44
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    13Therefore it is come to pass, that as he cried, and they would not hear; so they cried, and I would not hear, saith the Lord of hosts:

  3. Psalms 97:2Rank 3 from verse 44
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    2Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne.

  4. Jeremiah 15:1Rank 4 from verse 44
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    1THEN said the Lord unto me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind could not be toward this people: cast them out of my sight, and let them go forth.

  5. Jeremiah 14:11Rank 5 from verse 44
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    11Then said the Lord unto me, Pray not for this people for their good.

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Lamentations 3:44

COMBINED MEANING

thou

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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

hast

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Sense 1: Have: possess, hold, receive, or experience. Sense 2: Used as an auxiliary verb.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

covered

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Had a covering placed or spread over; hidden, concealed, enclosed, overlaid, clothed, sheltered, or occupied over the surface or extent of something.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

cloud

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Sense 1: A visible mass of vapour in the sky. Sense 2: Figuratively, a covering or multitude.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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should

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A verb expressing duty, propriety, expectation, intention, purpose, condition, appointed outcome, or a future event viewed from another time or statement.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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pass

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To go by, through, over, or beyond; to happen, cease, or be transferred.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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43Thou hast covered with anger, and persecuted us: thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied.

44Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that our prayer should not pass through.

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45Thou hast made us as the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the people.

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