Lamentations 3:31
For the Lord doth not cast off to the age.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
For the Lord will not cast off for ever:
In Context
30He giveth to his smiter the cheek, He is filled with reproach.
32For though He afflicted, yet He hath pitied, According to the abundance of His kindness.
Cross References
1 Samuel 12:22for Jehovah doth not leave His people, on account of His great name; for Jehovah hath been pleased to make you to Him for a people.
1 Kings 11:39and I humble the seed of David for this; only, not all the days.'
Psalms 94:14For Jehovah leaveth not His people, And His inheritance forsaketh not.
Isaiah 27:8In measure, in sending it forth, thou strivest with it, He hath taken away by His sharp wind, In the day of an east wind,
Isaiah 57:16For, not to the age do I strive, nor for ever am I wroth, For the spirit from before Me is feeble, And the souls I have made.
Jeremiah 32:40and I have made for them a covenant age-during, in that I turn not back from after them for My doing them good, and My fear I put in their heart, so as not to turn aside 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 →