What does Lamentations 3:42 mean?

Lamentations 3:42 highlights themes such as faith and obedience when read in context.

How should I apply Lamentations 3:42 today?

Read the surrounding passage, compare related cross references, and turn the verse into a short prayer and concrete action.

We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not pardoned.

40Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD.

41Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.

42We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not pardoned.

43Thou hast covered with anger, and persecuted us: thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied.

44Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that our prayer should not pass through.

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