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Lamentations 3:28–29
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Lamentations 3:28
28He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him.
28Hee sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because hee hath borne it vpon him.
Lamentations 3:29
29He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.
29He putteth his mouth in the dust, if so be there may be hope.
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DEFINED WORDS
Lamentations 3:28
Separately; by itself.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
The absence of speech or sound; holding one's peace.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage
For the reason that; since.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage
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Lamentations 3:29
To place, set, lay, appoint, bring into a condition, or cause to be, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage
The opening used for eating and speaking; also an opening, edge, command, or testimony by extension.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage
Fine, dry particles of earth; the ground or earth, often as an image of frailty, abasement, or death.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage
Confident expectation or desire for good; as a verb, to expect with trust.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage
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From verse 28
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Open the full verse study17I sat not in the assembly of the mockers, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of thy hand: for thou hast filled me with indignation.
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Open the full verse study10The elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground, and keep silence: they have cast up dust upon their heads; they have girded themselves with sackcloth: the virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground.
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Open the full verse study7I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.
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Open the full verse study9I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it.
From verse 29
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Open the full verse study4Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.
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Open the full verse study12And when he was in affliction, he besought the Lord his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,
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Open the full verse study63That thou mayest remember, and be confounded, and never open thy mouth any more because of thy shame, when I am pacified toward thee for all that thou hast done, saith the Lord God.
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Open the full verse study17And there is hope in thine end, saith the Lord, that thy children shall come again to their own border.
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Open the full verse study5I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee.
6Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
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Open the full verse study14Who 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?
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Open the full verse study9Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?
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Open the full verse study18I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee,
19And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants.
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Open the full verse study13And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.
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Open the full verse study19Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.
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Open the full verse study3Seek 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.
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