Lamentations 3:29
Let him put his mouth in the dust; if so be there may he hope.
Revised Version 1895
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 hath laid it upon him.
30Let him give his cheek to him that smiteth him; let him be filled full 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 heard of thee by the hearing of the ear; but now mine eye seeth thee,
Ezekiel 16:63that thou mayest remember, and be confounded, and never open thy mouth any more, because of thy shame; when I have forgiven thee all that thou hast done, saith the Lord GOD.
Jonah 3:9Who knoweth whether God will not turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?
Luke 15:18I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight:
Romans 3:19Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it speaketh to them that are under the law; that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may be brought under the judgment 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 →