Lamentations 3:31
29 Let him bury his face in the dust— perhaps there is still hope.
30 Let him offer his cheek to the one who would strike him; let him be filled with reproach.
For the Lord will not cast us off forever.
32 Even if He causes grief, He will show compassion according to His abundant loving devotion.
33 For He does not willingly afflict or grieve the sons of men.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- For the Lord will not cast us off forever.
- KJV
- For the Lord will not cast off for ever:
- WEB
- For the Lord will not cast off forever.
- ASV
- For the Lord will not cast off for ever.
- DARBY
- For the Lord will not cast off for ever;
- BLB
- For the Lord will not reject [us] forever;
- ÅB
- For Herren forkaster ikke til evig tid,
- OTB
- Men det er ikke Herrens vilje å forkaste for alltid.
- B1930
- For Herren forkaster ikke til evig tid,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 94:14
For the LORD will not forsake His people; He will never abandon His heritage.
Read in contextPsalms 103:8–10
The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion.
Read in contextPsalms 77:7
“Will the Lord spurn us forever and never show His favor again?
Read in contextIsaiah 54:7–10
“For a brief moment I forsook you, but with great compassion I will bring you back.
Read in contextIsaiah 57:16
For I will not accuse you forever, nor will I always be angry; for then the spirit of man would grow weak before Me, with the breath of those I have made.
Read in context1 Samuel 12:22
Indeed, for the sake of His great name, the LORD will not abandon His people, because He was pleased to make you His own.
Read in contextJeremiah 32:40
I will make an everlasting covenant with them: I will never turn away from doing good to them, and I will put My fear in their hearts, so that they will never turn away from Me.
Read in contextJeremiah 33:24
“Have you not noticed what these people are saying: ‘The LORD has rejected the two families He had chosen’? So they despise My people and no longer regard them as a nation.
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