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Summary

O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place.

O earth

Bible References

O earth

Jeremiah 22:29
O earth, earth, earth, give ear to the word of the Lord!

Cover not

Genesis 4:11
And now you are cursed from the earth, whose mouth is open to take your brother's blood from your hand;
Nehemiah 4:5
Let not their wrongdoing be covered or their sin washed away from before you: for they have made you angry before the builders.
Isaiah 26:21
For the Lord is coming out of his place to send punishment on the people of the earth for their evil-doing: the earth will let the blood drained out on her be seen, and will keep her dead covered no longer.
Ezekiel 24:7
For her blood is in her; she has put it on the open rock not draining it on to the earth so that it might be covered with dust;

Let my cry

Job 27:9
Will his cry come to the ears of God when he is in trouble?
Psalm 66:18
I said in my heart, The Lord will not give ear to me:
Isaiah 1:15
And when your hands are stretched out to me, my eyes will be turned away from you: even though you go on making prayers, I will not give ear: your hands are full of blood.
Isaiah 58:9
Then at the sound of your voice, the Lord will give an answer; at your cry he will say, Here am I. If you take away from among you the yoke, the putting out of the finger of shame, and the evil word;
James 4:3
You make your request but you do not get it, because your request has been wrongly made, desiring the thing only so that you may make use of it for your pleasure.

Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain