Lamentations 3:22
Because of the chasdei Hashem we are not consumed, 1 for His rachamim fail not. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
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 recall to my lev, 1 therefore have I hope: 1
23They are chadashim every boker; 1 great is Thy faithfulness. 1
Cross References
2 Samuel 24:14And Dovid said unto Gad, I am in a great tzar (distress); let us fall now into the Yad Hashem; for His rachamim are rabbim: and let me not fall into the yad adam.
Ezra 9:13And after all that is come upon us for our evil deeds, and for our great guilt, seeing that Thou Eloheinu hast punished us less than avoneinu deserve, and hast given us such deliverance as this,
Psalms 69:17Hear me, Hashem, for Thy chesed is tov; 1 turn unto me according to the multitude of Thy rachamim; 1
Psalms 78:38But He, being full of compassion, 1 made kapporah for their avon and destroyed them not; 1 and He many times turned His anger away, 1 and did not stir up all His wrath. 1
Psalms 106:45And He remembered for their sake His Brit, 1 and relented according to the multitude of His chasadim (lovingkindnesses). 1
Ezekiel 20:8But they rebelled against Me, and would not pay heed unto Me; they did not every ish cast away the shikkutzim from before their eynayim, neither did they forsake the gillulim (idols) of Mitzrayim. Then I said, I will pour out My chemah (wrath) upon them, to vent My anger against them in the midst of Eretz Mitzrayim.
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 →