Lamentations 3:29
JOD. He shall place his mouth in the dirt, if perhaps there may be hope.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.
In Context
28JOD. He shall sit solitary and silent. For he has lifted it upon himself.
30JOD. He shall give his cheek to those who strike him; he shall be saturated with reproaches.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 33:12And after this, being in great anguish, he prayed to the Lord his God. And he did penance greatly before the God of his fathers.
Job 42:5By paying attention with the ear, I have heard you, but now my eye sees you.
Ezekiel 16:63So may you remember and be confounded. And it will no longer be for you to open your mouth, because of your shame, when I will have been pacified toward you over all that you have done, says the Lord God.”
Jonah 3:9Who knows if God may turn and forgive, and may turn away from his furious wrath, so that we might not perish?”
Luke 15:18I shall rise up and go to my father, and I will say to him: Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you.
Romans 3:19But we know that whatever the law speaks, it speaks to those who are in the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the entire world may be subject 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 →