Commentary for Lamentations 3:28
יֵשֵׁ֤ב בָּדָד֙ וְיִדֹּ֔ם כִּ֥י נָטַ֖ל עָלָֽיו׃
Let him sit alone and keep silence, Because He hath laid it upon him.
Rashi on Lamentations
Let him stay alone. Whoever was befallen by mourning and trouble should sit alone and wait for good [to come].
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Rashi on Lamentations
And wait. An expression of waiting, as in, “If they say thus to us, ‘Wait דֹּמוּ!’”24I Shmuel 14:9. [in the incident dealing] with Yehonoson.
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Rashi on Lamentations
For He [God] has cast it upon him. For the Master of Decrees has put this decree upon him.25Alternatively, ‘until He removes it,’ i.e., until He removes the suffering from him. (Targum)
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