Lamentations 3:56 (GNV)

Passage

Thou hast heard my voyce: stoppe not thine eare from my sigh and from my cry.

Nearby Context

Lamentations 3:54 Waters flowed ouer mine head, then thought I, I am destroyed.

Lamentations 3:55 I called vpon thy Name, O Lord, out of the lowe dungeon.

Lamentations 3:56 Thou hast heard my voyce: stoppe not thine eare from my sigh and from my cry.

Lamentations 3:57 Thou drewest neere in the day that I called vpon thee: thou saydest, Feare not.

Lamentations 3:58 O Lord, thou hast maintained the cause of my soule, and hast redeemed my life.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "thou", "hast", "heard", "voyce", "stoppe", "thine", "eare", and "sigh". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "thou" and "hast", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 55's "I called vpon thy Name O Lord..." into verse 57's "Thou drewest neere in the day that...", so "thou" and "hast" belong inside that flow. In Lamentations context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "thou" and "hast" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.