You are behind a wall of clouds that blocks out our prayers.
LORD God All-Powerful, how much longer will the prayers of your people make you angry?
You gave us tears for food, and you made us drink them by the bowlful.
Dark clouds surround him, and his throne is supported by justice and fairness.
The LORD said, “Jeremiah, don't ask me to help these people.
The LORD said to me: Even if Moses and Samuel were here, praying with you, I wouldn't change my mind. So send the people of Judah away.
The Lord was angry! So he disgraced Zion though it was Israel's pride and his own place of rest. In his anger he threw Zion down from heaven to earth.
Even when I shouted and prayed for help, he refused to listen.
and said, “You people paid no attention when I called out to you, and now I'll pay no attention when you call out to me.”