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Lamentations 3:28-34 Common English Bible (CEB)

28. He should sit alone and be silent when God lays it on him.

29. He should put his mouth in the dirt—perhaps there is hope.

30. He should offer his cheek for a blow; he should be filled with shame.

31. My Lord definitely won’t reject forever.

32. Although he has caused grief, he will show compassion in measure with his covenant loyalty.

33. He definitely doesn’t enjoy affliction, making humans suffer.

34. Now crushing underfoot all the earth’s prisoners,

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