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What does Lamentations 3:41 mean?
"Let us lift up our heart with our hands to God in the heavens."
— Lamentations 3:41 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
Doesn’t evil and good come out of the mouth of the Most High?
Why does a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?
Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to Yahweh.
Let us lift up our heart with our hands to God in the heavens.
“We have transgressed and have rebelled. You have not pardoned.
“You have covered us with anger and pursued us. You have killed. You have not pitied.
You have covered yourself with a cloud, so that no prayer can pass through.
Explanation
Lamentations 3:41 is part of a larger appeal the author makes to his suffering community: "Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD. Let us lift up our heart with our hands to God in the heavens" (3:40-
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