Lamentations 3:31
For the Lord will not cast off forever.
World English Bible British
In The King James Version
For the Lord will not cast off for ever:
In Context
30Let him give his cheek to him who strikes him. Let him be filled full of reproach.
Cross References
1 Samuel 12:22For the LORD will not forsake his people for his great name’s sake, because it has pleased the LORD to make you a people for himself.
1 Kings 11:39I will afflict the offspring of David for this, but not forever.’”
Psalms 94:14For the LORD won’t reject his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.
Isaiah 27:8In measure, when you send them away, you contend with them. He has removed them with his rough blast in the day of the east wind.
Isaiah 57:16For I will not contend forever, neither will I always be angry; for the spirit would faint before me, and the souls whom I have made.
Jeremiah 32:40I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from following them, to do them good. I will put my fear in their hearts, that they may 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 →