Lamentations 3:29
He puts his mouth in the dust, if so be, there is hope.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.
In Context
28He sits alone, and is silent, || For He has laid [it] on him.
30He gives to his striker the cheek, || He is filled with reproach.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 33:12And when he is in distress he has appeased the face of his God YHWH, and is exceedingly humbled before the God of his fathers,
Job 42:5By the hearing of the ear I heard You, || And now my eye has seen You.
Ezekiel 16:63So that you remember, || And you have been ashamed, || And there is not an opening of the mouth to you anymore because of your shame, || In My receiving atonement for you, || For all that you have done, || A declaration of Lord YHWH!”
Jonah 3:9Who knows? He turns back, and God has relented, and has turned back from the heat of His anger, and we do not perish.”
Luke 15:18Having risen, I will go on to my father, and will say to him, Father, I sinned—to Heaven, and before you,
Romans 3:19And we have known that as many things as the Law says, to those in the Law it speaks, that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may come under judgment 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 →