Lamentations 3:28

New International Reader's Version

Let him sit alone and not say anything. The Lord has placed that load on him.

Cross References

Job 23:2

“Even today my problems are more than I can handle. In spite of my groans, God’s hand is heavy on me.

Psalm 102:7

I can’t sleep. I’ve become like a bird alone on a roof.

Psalm 39:10

Please stop beating me. I’m about to die from the blows of your hand.

Psalm 39:9

I keep silent. I don’t open my mouth. You are the one who has caused all this to happen.

Jeremiah 15:17

I never sat around with those who go to wild parties. I never had a good time with them. I sat alone because you had put your powerful hand on me. Your anger against sin was burning inside me.

Lamentations 2:10

The elders of the city of Zion sit silently on the ground. They have sprinkled dust on their heads. They’ve put on the clothes of sadness. The young women of Jerusalem have bowed their heads toward the ground.

Lamentations 3:27

It is good for a man to carry a heavy load of suffering while he is young.