Lamentations 3:28
JOD. He shall sit solitary and silent. For he has lifted it upon himself.
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In The King James Version
He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him.
In Context
27TETH. It is good for a man, when he has carried the yoke from his youth.
29JOD. He shall place his mouth in the dirt, if perhaps there may be hope.
Cross References
Job 23:2Now again my conversation is in bitterness, and the force of my scourging weighs more heavily on me because of my mourning.
Psalms 39:10I have announced your justice in a great Church: behold, I will not restrain my lips. O Lord, you have known it.
Jeremiah 15:17I did not sit in the company of mockers, nor did I glorify myself before the presence of your hand. I sat alone, because you filled me with threats.
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 →