Lamentations 3:29 meaning and explanation

Let him bury his face in the dust— perhaps there is still hope.

Lamentations 3:29, Berean Standard Bible

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The speaker is the man of verse 1, voicing the grief of Jerusalem after its destruction. In verses 27 to 30 he counsels quiet submission: bearing the yoke young, sitting alone in silence, and laying his face in the dust.

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