Lamentations 3:31
For the Lord will not cast off for ever;
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
For the Lord will not cast off for ever:
In Context
30That he offer his cheek to him that smiteth him; that he be satisfied with reproach.
Cross References
1 Samuel 12:22For the Lord will not forsake his people for the sake of his great name; because it hath pleased the Lord to make you a people unto himself.
1 Kings 11:39And I will afflict the seed of David for this; but not for all times.
Psalms 94:14For the Lord will not cast off his people, and his inheritance will he not forsake.
Isaiah 27:8In measure, by driving him forth, thou strivest with him: he removed him with his violent storm on the day of the east wind.
Isaiah 57:16For not to eternity will I contend, neither will I be for ever wroth: when the spirit from before me is overwhelmed, and the souls which I have made.
Jeremiah 32:40And I will make with them an everlasting covenant, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good on my part; and my fear will I place in their heart, so that they may not depart from 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 →