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Ratapan 3:28

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Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Afflictions and Adversities;   Faith;   Meekness;   Thompson Chain Reference - Silence;   Silence-Speech;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Providence of God;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Lamentations;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Lamentations, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Acrostic;   Lamentations, Book of;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Bear;  

Parallel Translations

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Contextual Overview

21 Whyle I consider these thinges in my heart, I get a hope agayne. 22 [Namely] it is of the Lordes mercies that we are not vtterly consumed, for truely his pitifull compassion hath not ceassed. 23 Newe mercyes shall the Lord shewe vpon thee early in the day springing, (O Lorde) great is thy faythfulnesse. 24 The Lorde is my portion saith my soule therefore wyll I hope in hym. 25 O howe good is the Lord vnto them that put their trust in hym, and to the soule that seeketh after hym. 26 The good man with stilnesse and pacience, taryeth for the health of the Lorde. 27 O howe good is it for a man to take the yoke vpon him from his youth vp? 28 He sitteth alone, he holdeth hym styll, because he hath taken [the Lordes yoke] vpon hym. 29 He layeth his face vpon the earth, if there happen to be any hope. 30 He offreth his cheeke to the smyter, he wyll be content with reproffes:

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Lamentations 2:10, Psalms 39:9, Psalms 102:7, Jeremiah 15:17

Reciprocal: Ecclesiastes 3:7 - time to keep Jeremiah 8:14 - be silent

Gill's Notes on the Bible

He sitteth alone,.... Retires from the world, and the men of it, who takes upon him the yoke of Christ; though he is not alone, but God, Father, Son, and Spirit, are with him; and he is with the saints, the excellent of the earth, and has communion with them; and so he is that under the afflicting hand of God bears it patiently, and does not run from place to place complaining of it, but sits still, and considers the cause, end, and use of it. Some render the words in connection with the preceding, it is good "that he sit alone" b; it is good for a man to be alone; in his closet, praying to God; in his house or chamber, reading the word of God; in the field, or elsewhere, meditating upon it, and upon the works of God, of nature, providence, and grace:

and keepeth silence, because he hath borne [it] on him: or, "took it on him"; either because he took it upon him willingly, and therefore should bear it patiently; or because he (God) hath put it upon him c, and therefore should be silent, and not murmur and repine, since he hath done it, Psalms 39:9.

b ישב בדד "ut sedeat solus", Gataker. c נטל עליו "projecit super ipsum", Tigurine version; "sub. Dominus", Vatablus; "quod imposuerit ipsi Deus", Junius & Tremellius, Michaelis.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Translate:

Let him sit alone and keep silence;

For He (God) hath laid the yoke upon him.

Let him place his mouth in the dust;

Perchance there is hope.

Let him offer his cheek to him that smiteth him;

Let him be filled to the full with reproach.

It is good for a man to bear the yoke in his youth, but only if he bear it rightly. To attain this result, let him learn resignation, remembering who has laid the yoke upon him. This reverential silence is described Lamentations 3:29, as putting the mouth in the dust, and so lying prostrate before the Deity; while Lamentations 3:30 the harder task is imposed of bearing contumely with meekness (margin reference), and not shrinking from the last dregs of the cup of reproach. Many who submit readily to God are indignant when the suffering comes through men.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 28. He sitteth alone — He has learned that necessary lesson of independence, that shows him how he is to serve himself; to give no trouble to others; and keep his troubles, as far as possible, in his own bosom.


 
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