Lamentations 3:29
Let him put, in the dust, his mouth, peradventure, there is hope!
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.
In Context
28Let him sit alone, and keep silence, because he took it upon himself:
30Let him give, to him that smiteth him, his cheek, let him be sated with reproach.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 33:12But, in his distress, he appeased the face of Yahweh his God,—and humbled himself greatly, before the God of his fathers;
Job 42:5By the hearing of the ear, had I heard thee, but, now, mine own eye, hath seen thee.
Ezekiel 16:63To the end thou mayest remember and turn pale, and there be to thee no more, an opening of mouth, because of thy reproach,- In that I have accepted a propitiatory covering for thee as to all that thou hast done, Declareth My Lord. Yahweh.
Jonah 3:9Who knoweth whether God himself—may turn and grieve,—and turn away from the glow of his anger, that we perish not?
Luke 15:18I will arise, and go unto my father, and will say unto him—Father! I have sinned against heaven, and before thee:
Romans 3:19Now we know that, whatsoever things the law saith, to them who are within the law, it speaketh, in order that, every mouth, may be stopped and all the world come, under penal sentence, unto 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 →