איכה 3:29
He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.
Context
This verse from איכה Chapter 3 connects to 10 cross-references. The central and longest lament shifts to first-person male singular. The man has seen affliction under the rod of God's wrath — led into darkness with no light, his flesh wasted, his way blocked with hewn stone. The famous pivot: …
תרגומים נוספים
Let him put his mouth in the dust, if so be there may be hope.
He putteth in the dust his mouth, if so be there is hope.
Let him put his mouth in the dust, if by chance there may be hope.
הפניות צולבות
And when he was in affliction, he besought the Lord his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of …
Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.
I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee.
Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
And there is hope in thine end, saith the Lord, that thy children shall come again to their own border.
That thou mayest remember, and be confounded, and never open thy mouth any more because of thy shame, when I …
Who knoweth if he will return and repent, and leave a blessing behind him; even a meat offering and a …
Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?
Seek ye the Lord, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it …
I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and …