Lamentations 3:22
The kindnesses of YHWH! For we have not been consumed, || For His mercies have not ended.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
It is of the LORD’S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
In Context
21This I turn to my heart—therefore I hope.
23New every morning, abundant [is] Your faithfulness.
Cross References
2 Samuel 24:14And David says to Gad, “I have great distress; please let us fall into the hand of YHWH, for His mercies [are] many, but do not let me fall into the hand of man.”
Ezra 9:13And after all that has come on us for our evil works, and for our great guilt (for You, O our God, have kept back of the rod from our iniquities, and have given to us an escape like this),
Psalms 69:17And do not hide Your face from Your servant, || For I am in distress—hurry, answer me.
Psalms 78:38And He, the Merciful One, pardons iniquity, and does not destroy, || And has often turned back His anger, || And does not awaken all His fury.
Psalms 106:45And remembers His covenant for them, || And is comforted, || According to the abundance of His kindness.
Ezekiel 20:8And they rebel against Me, || And have not been willing to listen to Me, || Each has not cast away the detestable things of their eyes, || And have not forsaken the idols of Egypt, || And I speak—to pour out My fury on them, || To complete 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 →