Lamentations 3:56 Meaning and Explanation
“Thou hast heard my voice: hide not thine ear at my breathing, at my cry.”
King James Version (KJV)
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Read Full Chapter →He testifies that God heard his voice and pleads that God not turn away from his cry.
What Does Lamentations 3:56 Mean?
The answer comes, and it is glorious in its simplicity: 'Thou hast heard my voice.' The cry from the dungeon did not vanish into silence. Despite the earlier feeling that prayer could not pass through the cloud, God heard. The testimony stands: he heard my voice. This is the vindication of every prayer offered in the dark.
'Hide not thine ear at my breathing, at my cry' is the continuing plea, asking God to keep listening, to remain near. Even his 'breathing' — the faintest sigh, the prayer too weak for words — he asks God to attend. And the verse's confidence that God has already heard assures us that he does attend even to our breathing. The God whose ear seemed hidden is revealed as the God who hears the faintest cry of his own.
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What does Lamentations 3:56 mean?
He testifies that God heard his voice and pleads that God not turn away from his cry.