Lamentations 3:28
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Lamentations 3:28 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Lamentations 3:28 is a verse from the book of Lamentations in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Lamentations 3:28 — KJV
“He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him.”
— Lamentations 3:28 (KJV)
Lamentations 3:28 in Context — About the Book of Lamentations
Lamentations is five funeral poems over fallen Jerusalem — grief given holy structure. At its exact center burns the flame the darkness never reaches: because of the Lord's great love we are not consumed; His mercies are new every morning. It teaches us to grieve with hope.
Cross-References for Lamentations 3:28
“Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face.”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 3:28: because, hath, borne
“Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the defenced cities, and let us be silent there: for the LORD our God hath put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD. gall: or, poison”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 3:28: silence, because, hath
“Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? Yea...: Heb. Yea, because, etc.”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 3:28: because, hath
“And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD hath cursed. Noah: Gr. Noe: that is Rest, or, Comfort”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 3:28: because, hath
“And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because the LORD hath heard thy affliction. Ishmael: that is, God shall hear”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 3:28: because, hath
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