Lamentations 3:31
For the Lord wil not forsake for euer.
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
For the Lord will not cast off for ever:
In Context
30He offreth his cheeke to the smyter, he wyll be content with reproffes:
32But though he punishe, yet according to the multitude of his mercies he receaueth to grace agayne.
Cross References
Isaiah 27:8Thou wylt punishe it in the braunches, yet not beyonde measure: for in the day that the east winde bloweth sore, it taketh away the fruites.
Isaiah 57:16For I chyde not euer, and am not wroth without ende: but the blasting goeth from me, and is included in the body, and I made the breath.
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 →