Lamentations 3:29
iHe putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.
He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.
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Job 40:4 Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.
Job 42:5 I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee.
Job 42:6 Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
Joel 2:14 Who knoweth if he will return and repent, and leave a blessing behind him; even a meat offering and a drink offering unto the LORD your God?
Zephaniah 2:3 Seek ye the LORD, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the LORD's anger.
If that may be supplied, or when, (as Pagnine translateth [Hebrew] Lam 3:28, the connexion of these words with the former is very fair and easy, for then those words, Lam 3:27, It is good that must be repeated in the beginning of Lam 3:28 and Lam 3:29; however, both this and the former verses let us know the duty of persons under afflictions in order to their obtaining mercy at the hand of God, and admirably give us the character of persons under afflictions preparing for mercy. They hope and quietly wait for God’s salvation, Lam 3:26; they bear God’s yoke, Lam 3:27, because he hath laid it upon them; they sit alone and keep silence, Lam 3:28; and here, they put their mouths in the dust, that is, humble themselves to the feet of God, and to the will of God; not being too confident of deliverances in this life, but if peradventure
there may be hope.