Lamentations 3:28

American Standard Version (1901)

Let him sit alone and keep silence, because he hath laid it upon him.

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Referenced Verses

  • Jer 15:17 : 17 I sat not in the assembly of them that make merry, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of thy hand; for thou hast filled me with indignation.
  • Lam 2:10 : 10 The elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground, they keep silence; They have cast up dust upon their heads; They have girded themselves with sackcloth: The virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground.
  • Ps 39:9 : 9 I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; Because thou didst it.
  • Ps 102:7 : 7 I watch, and am become like a sparrow That is alone upon the house-top.

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