Lamentations 3:29
Lamentations · Old Testament · Chapter 3
“He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.”Lamentations 3:29
What Does Lamentations 3:29 Mean?
Lamentations 3:29 is found in the book of Lamentations, chapter 3, verse 29 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 15 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (15)
These passages are connected to Lamentations 3:29 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Job 40:4“Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.”2 Chronicles 33:12“And when he was in affliction, he besought the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,”Job 42:5“I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee.”Jeremiah 31:17“And there is hope in thine end, saith the LORD, that thy children shall come again to their own border.”Ezekiel 16:63“That 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.”Joel 2:14“Who 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?”Jonah 3:9“Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?”Micah 1:10“Declare ye it not at Gath, weep ye not at all: in the house of Aphrah roll thyself in the dust.”Micah 7:17“They shall lick the dust like a serpent, they shall move out of their holes like worms of the earth: they shall be afraid of the LORD our God, and shall fear because of thee.”Zephaniah 2:3“Seek 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.”Luke 15:18“I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee,”Luke 18:13“And 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.”Romans 3:19“Now 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.”Numbers 5:17“And the priest shall take holy water in an earthen vessel; and of the dust that is in the floor of the tabernacle the priest shall take, and put it into the water:”Jonah 3:6“For word came unto the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and he laid his robe from him, and covered him with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.”
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