Lamentations 3:29
Let him put his mouth in the dust, if so be there may be hope.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.
In Context
28Let him sit alone and keep silence, because he has laid it upon him.
30Let him give his cheek to him who smites him. Let him be filled full with reproach.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 33:12And when he was in distress, he besought LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers.
Job 42:5I had heard of thee by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees thee.
Ezekiel 16:63that thou may remember, and be confounded, and never open thy mouth any more, because of thy shame, when I have forgiven thee all that thou have done, says lord LORD.
Jonah 3:9Who knows whether God will not turn and relent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we not perish?
Luke 15:18After rising, I will go to my father, and will say to him, Father, I have sinned against heaven and in thy sight.
Romans 3:19Now we know that as many things as the law says, it says to those in the law, so that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become accountable to God.
Matthew Henry on Lamentations 3:22-37
Words of Comfort to Israel; The Benefit of Afflictions; Comfort to the Afflicted. ( b. c. 588.) 21 This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope. 22 It is of the Lord 's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. 23 They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness. 24 The Lord is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him. 25 The Lord is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him. 26 It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the… Read the whole commentary →