Lamentations 3:31

For the Lord will not reject us forever, 1

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For the Lord will not cast off for ever:

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30Let him offer his cheek to the one who strikes him, and let him be filled to the full with reproach. 1

32but though he causes grief, he will have compassion according to the abundance of his steadfast love. 1

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Cross References

1 Samuel 12:22For the sake of his great name, Yahweh will not reject his people, because it has pleased Yahweh to make you a people for himself.

1 Kings 11:39I will punish the descendants of David, but not forever.'”

Psalms 94:14For Yahweh will not forsake his people 1 or abandon his inheritance. 1

Isaiah 27:8In exact measure you have contended, sending Jacob and Israel away; he drove them away with his fierce breath in the day of the east wind. + 27:8 Instead of In exact measure , many modern versions have an idea similar to By driving them away . 1

Isaiah 57:16For I will not accuse forever, nor will I be angry forever, 1 for then man's spirit would faint before me, the lives that I have made. 1

Jeremiah 32:40Then I will make with them an everlasting covenant, that I will not turn away from doing good to them. I will set honor for me in their hearts, so that they will never turn away 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 →

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