Lamentations 3:28
“He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
He putteth his mouth in the dust,.... Of self-abhorrence; sensible of his own vileness and nothingness, his…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870Lamentations 3:28-30
Translate: Let him sit alone and keep silence; For He (God) hath laid the yoke upon him. Let him place his mouth in the…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
He sitteth alone - He has learned that necessary lesson of independence, that shows him how he is to serve himself; to…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Lamentations 3:21-36
Here the clouds begin to disperse and the sky to clear up; the complaint was very melancholy in the former part of the…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
The hortative form is better than mg. He sitteth alone, etc. For sitting alone in grief, cp. Jer 15:17. The connexion…
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