Lamentations 3:31-32

“For the Lord will not cast off for ever: But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies.”

"For the Lord will not cast off for ever: But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies." - Lamentations 3:31-32
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What does Lamentations 3:31-32 mean?

The book of Lamentations is a collection of poetic laments for the destruction of Jerusalem and the suffering of its people. Traditionally, it is ascribed to the prophet Jeremiah and is considered to have been composed after the fall of Jerusalem in 586 BCE. Lamentations 3:31-32…

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The Promise of Compassion in Our Grief

The book of Lamentations is a haunting poem that emerges from the devastation experienced by the people of Jerusalem after its fall. Among its poignant verses, Lamentations 3:31-32 offers a glimmer of hope amidst despair: "For no one is cast off by the Lord forever. Though he…

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A Prayer of Hope and Compassion Inspired by Lamentations 3:31-32

O Lord Almighty, Gracious and Compassionate God, I come before You today with a humble heart, seeking Your presence and mercy as I meditate on the powerful words found in Lamentations 3:31-32: "For no one is cast off by the Lord forever. Though he brings grief, he will show…

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Lamentations 3:31-32 - "For no one is cast off by the Lord forever. Though he brings grief, he will show compassion, so great is his unfailing love."
Lamentations 3:31 - "For the Lord will not cast off for ever:"
"For the Lord will not cast off for ever:" - Lamentations 3:31
Lamentations 3:32 - "But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies."
Lamentations 3:1-18
Proverbs 3:31-32 - "Do not envy the violent or choose any of their ways. For the Lord detests the perverse but takes the upright into his confidence."
Lamentations 3:31-33 - "For no one is cast off by the Lord forever. Though he brings grief, he will show compassion, so great is his unfailing love. For he does not willingly bring affliction or grief to anyone."
"But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies." - Lamentations 3:32
Lamentations 3:2 - "He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light."
Lamentations 3:1 - "I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath."
Lamentations 3:13
Exodus 32:31-32 So Moses returned to the LORD and said, “Oh, what a great sin these people have committed! They have made gods of gold for themselves. / Yet now, if You would only forgive their sin.... But if not, please blot me out of the book that You have written.” Exodus 32:31-32
"He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light." - Lamentations 3:2
Luke 22:31-32 - "Luke 22:31-32: And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat: But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren."
"Do not envy the violent or choose any of their ways. For the Lord detests the perverse but takes the upright into his confidence." - Proverbs 3:31-32
"I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath." - Lamentations 3:1
Lamentations 3:23 - "They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness."
Lamentations 5:3 - "We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows."
Lamentations 3:36 - "To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approveth not."
Lamentations 3:3 - "Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand against me all the day."
Deuteronomy 32:31 - "For their rock is not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves being judges."
Job 31:32 - "The stranger did not lodge in the street: but I opened my doors to the traveller."
Lamentations 3:27 - "It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth."
Lamentations 3:38 - "Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good?"
Lamentations 3:47 - "Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction."
Lamentations 3:19 - "Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall."
Lamentations 3:34 - "To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth,"
Lamentations 3:50 - "Till the LORD look down, and behold from heaven."
Lamentations 3:37 - "¶ Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?"