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A Posture of Submission
Commentators explain that sitting alone and in silence is the prescribed, godly response to suffering ordained by God. It is not a sign of despair, but of reverent submission and patience. This quiet posture acknowledges God's authority and distinguishes true, private faith from a mere public display of strength.
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Lamentations
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Albert Barnes
On Lamentations 3:28–30
18th Century
Theologian
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;
Charles Ellicott
On Lamentations 3:28
19th Century
Bishop
He sits alone ... —Better, Let him sit alone, and keep silence when He (Jehovah) has laid it (the yoke) upon…
Charles Spurgeon
On Lamentations 3:27–28
19th Century
Preacher
It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth. He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him.
Wh…
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John Calvin
On Lamentations 3:28
16th Century
Theologian
Here he shows the fruit of teachableness; for when God deals severely with His children, they still do not rebel, but even then they willingly subm…
John Gill
On Lamentations 3:28
17th Century
Pastor
He sitteth alone
Retires from the world, and the men of it, who takes upon him the yoke of Christ; though he is not …
Matthew Henry
On Lamentations 3:21–36
17th Century
Minister
Having stated his distress and temptation, the prophet shows how he was raised above it. Bad as things are, it is owing to the mercy of God that th…