Lamentations 3:28
They should sit by themselves in silence, because it's God who has disciplined them.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him.
In Context
27It is good for people to learn to patiently bear discipline while they're still young.
29They should bow low with their faces to the ground, for there may still be hope.
Cross References
Job 23:2“Just the same, my complaints today remain bitter. In spite of my groaning he is still punishing me.
Psalms 39:10Please stop hitting me! Your beating has worn me out!
Jeremiah 15:17I didn't join in with a bunch of jokers as they had fun. I stayed by myself because you have called me, and you have filled me with outrage.
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 →