Lamentations 3:22
It is through the Lord's kindness that we are not consumed, because his mercies have no end;
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
It is of the LORD’S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
In Context
21[Yet] this answer will I give to my heart: therefore will I wait [in confidence].
23They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.
Cross References
2 Samuel 24:14And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let us fall then into the hand of the Lord,—for his mercies are great; but let me not fall into the hand of man.
Ezra 9:13And after all that is come over us for our evil deeds, and for our great guiltiness, seeing that thou our God hast spared us [punishing us] less than our iniquities [deserved], and hast given us such deliverance as this:
Psalms 69:17(69:18) And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in distress: make haste and answer me.
Psalms 78:38But he, being merciful, forgave the iniquity, and destroyed [them] not: yea, many a time turned he his anger away, and did not awaken all his fury.
Psalms 106:45And he remembered unto them his covenant, and he bethought himself according to the abundance of his kindnesses;
Ezekiel 20:8But they rebelled against me, and they would not hearken unto me; they did not cast away every one the abominations of their eyes, and the idols of Egypt did they not forsake: and I thought then to pour out my fury over them, to let out all my anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt.
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 →