Lamentations 3:29

He shall set his mouth in (the) dust, if peradventure hope is. (He shall put his face upon the ground, for perhaps there may still be hope.)

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.

In Context

28He shall sit alone, and he shall be still; for he raised himself above himself. (He shall sit alone, and he shall be silent or and he shall be patient; and he shall carry it by himself.)

30He shall give the cheek to a man that smiteth him; he shall be filled with shames. (He shall give his cheek to the one who striketh him; he shall be laden with abuse.)

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 33:12And after that he was anguished, he prayed (to) the Lord his God, and did penance greatly before the God of his fathers (or and did great repentance before the God of his fathers).

Job 42:5By (the) hearing of (mine) ear I have heard thee, but now mine eye seeth thee (too).

Ezekiel 16:63that thou have mind, and be ashamed; and that it be no more to thee to open the mouth for thy shame, when I shall be pleased to thee in all things which thou didest, saith the Lord God. (and thou shalt remember, and be ashamed; and thou shalt no more open thy mouth because of thy shame, when I have forgiven thee for all the things which thou hast done, saith the Lord God.)

Jonah 3:9Who knoweth, if God be converted, and forgive, and be turned away from strong vengeance of his wrath, and we shall not perish? (Who knoweth, if God shall not be converted, (or shall not change his thinking), and forgive us, and turn away from the strong vengeance of his anger, and then we shall not perish!)

Luke 15:18I shall rise up, and go to my father, and I shall say to him, Father, I have sinned (up) into heaven [or I have sinned against heaven], and before thee;

Romans 3:19And we know, that whatever things the law speaketh, it speaketh to them that be in the law, (so) that each mouth be stopped, and each world be made subject to 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 →

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