Lamentations 3:32
Even if He causes grief, He will show compassion according to His abundant loving devotion.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies.
In Context
31For the Lord will not cast us off forever.
33For He does not willingly afflict or grieve the sons of men.
Cross References
Exodus 2:23After a long time, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned and cried out under their burden of slavery, and their cry for deliverance from bondage ascended to God.
Judges 10:16So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the LORD, and He could no longer bear the misery of Israel.
Psalms 30:5For His anger is fleeting, but His favor lasts a lifetime. Weeping may stay the night, but joy comes in the morning.
Psalms 103:11For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is His loving devotion for those who fear Him.
Psalms 106:45And He remembered His covenant with them, and relented by the abundance of His loving devotion.
Isaiah 54:7“For a brief moment I forsook you, but with great compassion I will bring you back.
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 →