Lamentations 3:28
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Jod. He shall sit solitary, and hold his peace: because he hath taken it up upon himself.

Lamentations 2:10 Jod. The ancients of the daughter of Sion sit upon the ground, they have held their peace: they have sprinkled their heads with dust, they are girded with haircloth, the virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground.

Psalm 39:9 I was dumb, and I opened not my mouth, because thou hast done it.

Psalm 102:7 I have watched, and am become as a sparrow all alone on the housetop.

Jeremiah 15:17 I sat not in the assembly of jesters, nor did I make a boast of the presence of thy hand: I sat alone, because thou hast filled me with threats.

Context
Jeremiah's Hope
27Teth. It is good for a man, when he hath borne the yoke from his youth. 28Jod. He shall sit solitary, and hold his peace: because he hath taken it up upon himself.29Jod. He shall put his mouth in the dust, if so be there may be hope.…
Cross References
Jeremiah 15:17
I sat not in the assembly of jesters, nor did I make a boast of the presence of thy hand: I sat alone, because thou hast filled me with threats.

Lamentations 3:27
Teth. It is good for a man, when he hath borne the yoke from his youth.

Lexicon
Let him sit
יֵשֵׁ֤ב (yê·šêḇ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry

alone
בָּדָד֙ (bā·ḏāḏ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 910: Isolation, separation

in silence,
וְיִדֹּ֔ם (wə·yid·dōm)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1826: To be dumb, to be astonished, to stop, to perish

for
כִּ֥י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

God has disciplined
נָטַ֖ל (nā·ṭal)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5190: To lift, to impose

him.
עָלָֽיו׃ (‘ā·lāw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against


Additional Translations
Let him sit alone in silence, for God has disciplined him.He sits alone and keeps silence, because he has borne it on him.

Let him sit alone and keep silence, because he hath laid it upon him.

He will sit alone, and be silent, because he has borne it upon him.

He sitteth solitary and keepeth silence, because he hath laid it upon him;

Let him sit alone and keep silence, because he hath laid it upon him.

He sitteth alone, and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him.

Let him sit alone and keep silence, because he has laid it on him.

He sitteth alone, and is silent, For He hath laid it upon him.
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