Lamentations 3:31
For the Lord will not reject forever. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
For the Lord will not cast off for ever:
In Context
30He will give his cheek to him that smites him: 1 He will be filled full with reproaches. 1
32For he that has brought down will pity, 1 And that according to the abundance of his mercy. 1
Cross References
1 Samuel 12:22For the Lord will not cast off his people for his great name’s sake, because the Lord graciously took you to himself for a people.
Isaiah 27:8Fighting and reproaching he will dismiss them; didst thou not meditate with a harsh spirit, to slay them with a wrathful spirit?
Isaiah 57:16I will not take vengeance on you forever, neither will I be always angry with you: for my Spirit shall go forth from me, and I have created all 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 →