Lamentations Chapter 3 verse 56 Holy Bible
Thou heardest my voice; hide not thine ear at my breathing, at my cry.
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My voice came to you; let not your ear be shut to my breathing, to my cry.
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Thou hast heard my voice: hide not thine ear at my sighing, at my cry.
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Thou hast heard my voice: hide not thine ear at my breathing, at my cry.
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You heard my voice; don't hide your ear at my breathing, at my cry.
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My voice Thou hast heard, Hide not Thine ear at my breathing -- at my cry.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 56. - At my breathing; rather, at my sighing; literally, at my relieving myself.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(56) Thou hast heard . . . hide not thine . . .--There is something eminently suggestive in the sequence of the two clauses. The recollection that prayer was answered in the past, prompts its utterance in the present. Historically, the words may point to the intervention of Ebed-melech in Jeremiah 38:7.At my breathing--i.e., the "sighs" or "sobs" of the mourner.