Lamentations 3:22

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Summary

Lamentations 3:22

It is of the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.

Of

Because

General references

Ecclesiastes 9:4

Lamentations 3:32

Bible References

Of

'And now, as a small moment hath grace been from Jehovah our God, to leave to us an escape, and to give to us a nail in His holy place, by our God's enlightening our eyes, and by giving us a little quickening in our servitude;

and in Thine abundant mercies Thou hast not made them a consumption, nor hast forsaken them; for a God, gracious and merciful, art Thou.

And He -- the Merciful One, Pardoneth iniquity, and destroyeth not, And hath often turned back His anger, And waketh not up all His fury.

And remembereth for them His covenant, And is comforted, According to the abundance of His kindness.

And -- they rebel against Me, And have not been willing to hearken to Me, Each, the detestable things of their eyes, They have not cast away, And the idols of Egypt have not forsaken, And I say -- to pour out My fury on them, To complete Mine anger against them, In the midst of the land of Egypt.

For I am Jehovah, I have not changed, And ye, the sons of Jacob, Ye have not been consumed.

Because

Hath His kindness ceased for ever? The saying failed to all generations?

And Thou, O Lord, art God, merciful and gracious, Slow to anger, and abundant in kindness and truth.

Who is a God like Thee? taking away iniquity, And passing by the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance, He hath not retained for ever His anger, Because He -- He delighteth in kindness.

And His kindness is to generations of generations, To those fearing Him,

General references

But to him who is joined unto all the living there is confidence, for to a living dog it is better than to the dead lion.

For though He afflicted, yet He hath pitied, According to the abundance of His kindness.