Lamentations 3:31
Surely My Lord, will not cast off, unto times age-abiding;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
For the Lord will not cast off for ever:
In Context
30Let him give, to him that smiteth him, his cheek, let him be sated with reproach.
Cross References
1 Samuel 12:22For Yahweh will not give up his people, because of his great name, for Yahweh was minded to make you his people.
1 Kings 11:39Thus will I humiliate the seed of David, because of this; yet not for ever.
Psalms 94:14For Yahweh, will not abandon, his people, And, his inheritance, will he not forsake;
Isaiah 27:8By driving her away—by dismissing her, wouldest thou contend with her? He removed her by his rough wind in, a day of east wind.
Isaiah 57:16For not age-abidingly, will I contend, Nor perpetually, will I be wroth,—For, spirit, before me, would faint, Even the breathing souls, which, I, had made.
Jeremiah 32:40And I will solemnise to them an age-abiding covenant, That I will not turn away from following them, to do them good,—But the reverence of myself, will I put in their heart, so that they shall not 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 →