Lamentations 3:32
But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies.
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies.
In Context
31For the LORD will not cast off for ever:
33For he does not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men.
Cross References
Exodus 2:23And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage.
Judges 10:16And they put away the strange gods from among them, and served the LORD: and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.
Psalms 30:5For his anger endures but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning.
Psalms 103:11For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him.
Psalms 106:45And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies.
Isaiah 54:7For a small moment have I forsaken you; but with great mercies will I gather you.
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 →