28He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
I sat not in the assembly of the mockers, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of thy hand: for thou hast filled me with indignation.
The elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground, and 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.
I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.
I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 21-36)Here the clouds begin to disperse and the sky to clear up; the complaint was very melancholy in the former part of the chapter, and yet here the tune is altered and the mourners in Zion begin to look a little pleasant. But for hope, the heart would break. To save the heart from being quite broken, here is something called to mind , which gives ground for hope (Lam. 3:21), which refers to what come…
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