Albert Barnes Commentary Lamentations 3:8

Albert Barnes Commentary

Lamentations 3:8

1798–1870
Presbyterian
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes Commentary

Lamentations 3:8

1798–1870
Presbyterian
SCRIPTURE

"Yea, when I cry, and call for help, he shutteth out my prayer." — Lamentations 3:8 (ASV)

Shout – that is, call for help.

Shuts out – Or, “shuts in.” God has so closed up the paths to the place in which he is confined, that his voice can find no escape.