Lamentations 3:29
Jod. He shall put his mouth in the dust, if so be there may be hope.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 hold his peace: because he hath taken it up upon himself.
30Jod. He shall give his cheek to him that striketh him, he shall be filled with reproaches.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 33:12And after that he was in distress he prayed to the Lord his God: and did penance exceedingly before the God of his fathers.
Job 42:5With the hearing of the ear, I have heard thee, but now my eye seeth thee.
Ezekiel 16:63That thou mayest remember, and be confounded, and mayest no more open thy mouth because of thy confusion, when I shall be pacified toward thee for all that thou hast done, saith the Lord God.
Jonah 3:9Who can tell if God will turn, and forgive: and will turn away from his fierce anger, and we shall not perish?
Luke 15:18I will arise, and will go to my father, and say to him: Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee:
Romans 3:19Now we know, that what things soever the law speaketh, it speaketh to them that are in the law; that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may be made 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 →