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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
Land, land, land, listen to this message from the LORD!

Cover not

Genesis 4:11
Now you're more cursed than the ground, which has opened to receive your brother's blood from your hand.
Nehemiah 4:5
Don't atone their iniquity, and don't let their sin be blotted out from before you, because they have demoralized the builders."
Isaiah 26:21
For see, the LORD is coming from his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their sins; the earth will reveal the blood that has been shed on it, and will no longer conceal its slain."
Ezekiel 24:7
Her blood was in it. She poured it out onto bare rock. She didn't pour it out on the ground, intending to cover it with dirt.

Let my cry

Job 27:9
Will God hear his cry when distress overtakes him?
Psalm 66:18
Were I to cherish iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not listen to me.
Isaiah 1:15
When you spread out your hands in prayer, I'll hide my eyes from you. Even though you pray repeatedly, I won't listen. Your hands are full of blood, your fingers drenched with iniquity."
Isaiah 58:9
Then you'll call, and the LORD will answer; you'll cry for help, and he'll respond, "Here I am.' "If you do away with the yoke among you, and pointing fingers and malicious talk;
James 4:3
You ask for something but do not get it because you ask for it for the wrong reason for your own pleasure.

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