Lamentations 3:29
He putteth his mouth in the dust, if there may be hope.
Geneva Bible 1599
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, because he hath borne it vpon him.
30Hee giueth his cheeke to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with reproches.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 33:12And when he was in tribulation, he prayed to the Lord his God, and humbled him selfe greatly before the God of his fathers,
Job 42:5I haue heard of thee by the hearing of the eare, but now mine eye seeth thee.
Ezekiel 16:63That thou mayest remember, and be ashamed, and neuer open thy mouth any more: because of thy shame when I am pacified toward thee, for all that thou hast done, saith the Lord God.
Jonah 3:9Who can tell if God will turne, and repent and turne away from his fierce wrath, that we perish not?
Luke 15:18I wil rise and goe to my father, and say vnto him, Father, I haue sinned against heaue, and before thee,
Romans 3:19Now we know that whatsoeuer ye Lawe saieth, it saieth it to them which are vnder ye Law, that euery mouth may bee stopped, and all the world be subiect to the iudgement of 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 →