Lamentations 3:29
He putteth his mouth in the aphar; 1 there may yet be tikvah. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.
In Context
28He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, 1 because He hath laid it upon him. 1
Cross References
2 Chronicles 33:12And when he was in distress, he besought Hashem Elohav, and humbled himself greatly before Elohei Avotav,
Job 42:5I have heard of Thee by the hearing of the ozen, 1 but now mine eye hath seen Thee. 1
Ezekiel 16:63That thou mayest remember, and be ashamed, and never open thy mouth any more because of thy shame, when I have made kapporah (atonement) + 16:63 i.e., when I am pacified, appeased toward thee for all that thou hast done, saith Adonoi Hashem.
Jonah 3:9Who can tell if HaElohim will turn and relent, and turn away from His fierce anger, that we perish not?
Luke 15:18I will get up and go to my Abba, and I will say, Avi, I sinned against Shomayim and in your sight. + 15:18 Lv 26:40; Ps 51:4 [6]
Romans 3:19Now we know that whatever the Gezetz (Law) says, it says to those under the Gezetz, in order that every mouth might be stopped and kol HaOlam Hazeh become ashem (guilty) and liable to the Mishpat Hashem. + 3:19 Ps 1:5
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 →