Lamentations 3:31
For the Lord won't abandon us forever.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
For the Lord will not cast off for ever:
In Context
30They should turn a cheek to someone who wants to slap them; they should take the insults of others.
32Even though he may bring sadness, he shows us mercy because his trustworthy love is so great.
Cross References
1 Samuel 12:22The fact is because of the kind of person the Lord is, he won't give up on his people, because he was happy to claim you as his own.
1 Kings 11:39I will punish David's descendants because of this, but not forever.’”
Psalms 94:14For the Lord will not give up on his people; he will not abandon his own.
Isaiah 27:8You dealt with them by sending them into exile, by banishing them. He drove them away with his powerful force, like when the east wind blows.
Isaiah 57:16I won't fight with you forever; I won't be angry with you forever. Otherwise you'd lose heart, the very people I gave life to.
Jeremiah 32:40I will make an everlasting agreement with them: I'm never going to stop doing them good and I will help them to respect me so that they won't ever abandon me.
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 →