Let him put his mouth in the dust,
if it is so that there may be hope.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Lamentations 3:29 in context
Lamentations 3:26–32
26
It is good that a man should hope
and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.
27
It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
28
Let him sit alone and keep silence,
because he has laid it on him.
29
Selected verse
Let him put his mouth in the dust,
if it is so that there may be hope.
30
Let him give his cheek to him who strikes him.
Let him be filled full of reproach.
31
For the Lord will not cast off forever.
32
For though he causes grief,
yet he will have compassion according to the multitude of his loving kindnesses.
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