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Let him sit alone and keep silence, because he has laid it on him.
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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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18th Century
Presbyterian
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Let him sit alone and keep silence; For He (God) hath laid the yoke upon him. Let him place his mouth in the dust;
19th Century
Anglican
He sits alone ... —Better, Let him sit alone, and keep silence when He (Jehovah) has laid it (the yoke) upon…
Baptist
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.
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16th Century
Protestant
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…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
He sitteth alone Retires from the world, and the men of it, who takes upon him the yoke of Christ; though he is not …
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…
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13th Century
Catholic
Here the author describes the condition of the one who waits.
