Lamentations 3:29
That he put his mouth in the dust; perhaps there still is hope;
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.
In Context
28That he sit in solitude and be silent; because He hath laid it upon him;
30That he offer his cheek to him that smiteth him; that he be satisfied with reproach.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 33:12And when he was in distress, he besought the Lord his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers.
Job 42:5I had only heard of thee by the hearing of the ear; but now my eye hath seen thee.
Ezekiel 16:63In order that thou mayest remember, and feel ashamed, and never open thy mouth any more because of thy confusion, when I forgive thee for all that thou hast done, saith the Lord Eternal.
Jonah 3:9Who knoweth, but God may turn and bethink himself, and turn away from the fierceness of his anger, that we perish not?
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 →