Lamentations 3:29

Let him put his mouth in the dust, if it is so that there may be hope.

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In context

Before · Lamentations 3:27–28

27It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth. 28Let him sit alone and keep silence, because he has laid it on him.

29Let him put his mouth in the dust, if it is so that there may be hope.

After · Lamentations 3:30–31

30Let him give his cheek to him who strikes him. Let him be filled full of reproach. 31For the Lord will not cast off forever.