Lamentations 3:56

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“You heard my plea: “Do not ignore my cry for relief.””

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BSBPD

“You heard my plea: “Do not ignore my cry for relief.””

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Thou hast heard my voice: hide not thine ear at my breathing, at my cry.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Thou heardest my voice; hide not thine ear at my breathing, at my cry.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“My voice Thou hast heard, Hide not Thine ear at my breathing--at my cry.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Lamentations 3:56 — 18 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 2 Chronicles 33:13And when he prayed to Him, the LORD received his plea and heard his petition; so He brought him back to Jerusalem and to his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD is God.
  2. 2 Chronicles 33:19His prayer and how God received his plea, as well as all his sin and unfaithfulness, and the sites where he built high places and set up Asherah poles and idols before he humbled himself, they are indeed written in the Records of the Seers.
  3. Job 34:28They caused the cry of the poor to come before Him, and He heard the outcry of the afflicted.
  4. Psalms 3:4To the LORD I cry aloud, and He answers me from His holy mountain. Selah
  5. Psalms 5:2Attend to the sound of my cry, my King and my God, for to You I pray.
  6. Psalms 5:3In the morning, O LORD, You hear my voice; at daybreak I lay my plea before You and wait in expectation.
  7. Psalms 6:8Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity, for the LORD has heard my weeping.
  8. Psalms 6:9The LORD has heard my cry for mercy; the LORD accepts my prayer.
  9. Psalms 34:6This poor man called out, and the LORD heard him; He saved him from all his troubles.
  10. Psalms 55:1Listen to my prayer, O God, and do not ignore my plea.
  11. Psalms 55:2Attend to me and answer me. I am restless in my complaint, and distraught
  12. Psalms 55:18He redeems my soul in peace from the battle waged against me, even though many oppose me.
  13. Psalms 66:19But God has surely heard; He has attended to the sound of my prayer.
  14. Psalms 88:13But to You, O LORD, I cry for help; in the morning my prayer comes before You.
  15. Psalms 116:1I love the LORD, for He has heard my voice— my appeal for mercy.
  16. Isaiah 38:5“Go and tell Hezekiah that this is what the LORD, the God of your father David, says: ‘I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. Behold, I will add fifteen years to your life.
  17. Daniel 9:17So now, our God, hear the prayers and petitions of Your servant. For Your sake, O Lord, cause Your face to shine upon Your desolate sanctuary.
  18. Romans 8:26In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know how we ought to pray, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groans too deep for words.

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