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Read Full Chapter (Lamentations 3) Lamentations 3:29 KJV
"He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope."
Lamentations Chapter 3, Verse 29
Lamentations 3:29 in Context (Verses 26–32 KJV)
26
It is good that a man should both 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
He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him.
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He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.
30
He giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with reproach.
31
For the Lord will not cast off for ever:
32
But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies.