Lamentations 3:29
He puts his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.
Updated King James 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 keeps silence, because he has borne it upon him.
30He gives his cheek to him that strikes him: he is filled full with reproach.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 33:12And when he was in affliction, he besought the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,
Job 42:5I have heard of you by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye sees you.
Ezekiel 16:63That you may remember, and be confounded, and never open your mouth any more because of your shame, when I am pacified toward you for all that you have done, says the Lord GOD.
Jonah 3:9Who can tell if God will 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 before you,
Romans 3:19Now we know that what things whatsoever the law says, it says to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before 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 →