Lamentations 3:31
For the Lord will not cast off forever;
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
For the Lord will not cast off for ever:
In Context
30That he offer his cheek to the smiter; that he be filled with reproach.
32For though he cause grief, yet doth he have compassion according to his great mercy;
Cross References
Psalms 94:14For the LORD will not forsake his people, Nor abandon his own inheritance.
Isaiah 27:8In measure, by sending her away, didst thou punish her, Taking her away in the rough tempest, in the day of the east wind.
Isaiah 57:16For I will not contend forever, Nor will I be always angry; For life would fail before me, And the souls which I created.
Jeremiah 32:40And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, nor cease to do them good; for I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall 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 →