Lamentations 3:33
Caph. For he hath not willingly afflicted, nor cast off the children of men.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men.
In Context
32Caph. For if he hath cast off, he will also have mercy, according to the multitude of his mercies.
34Lamed. To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the land,
Cross References
Ezekiel 18:32For I desire not the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord God, return ye and live.
Hebrews 12:9Moreover we have had fathers of our flesh, for instructors, and we reverenced them: shall we not much more obey the Father of spirits, and live?
Matthew Henry on Lamentations 3:22-37
Words of Comfort to Israel; The Benefit of Afflictions; Comfort to the Afflicted. ( b. c. 588.) 21 This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope. 22 It is of the Lord 's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. 23 They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness. 24 The Lord is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him. 25 The Lord is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him. 26 It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the… Read the whole commentary →