Lamentations 3:31

Translations

Modern

For the Lord will not cast us off forever.

Traditional

For the Lord will not cast off for ever:

Literal

For the Lord will not reject us forever;

Latin

Quia non repellet in sempiternum Dominus.

Original

Hebrew

English

For the Lord will not cast us off forever.

Notes

Lamentations 3:31

Compare Psalm 103:8–11.

Lamentations 3:22–33

God's love and faithfulness never end. Just as God was faithful in judging Jerusalem for their sins, he will be faithful in restoring those who return to him.

Lamentations 3:1–66

In this chapter, the author mourns what has happened (Lamentations 3:1–20, 48–54). In this chapter, the author mourns what has happened (Lamentations 3:21–25). He explains how God’s people should respond (Lamentations 3:26–47). Finally, he calls out to the Lord in prayer (Lamentations 3:55–66).

Theme notes and profiles

God’s Justice Retribution

Related verses

Psalm 94:14
For the LORD will not forsake His people; He will never abandon His heritage.
Psalm 103:8–10
The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion.
Psalm 77:7
“Will the Lord spurn us forever and never show His favor again?
Isaiah 54:7–10
“For a brief moment I forsook you, but with great compassion I will bring you back.
Isaiah 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—the breath of life I have made.
Jeremiah 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.
1 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.
Jeremiah 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.
Romans 11:1–6
I ask then, did God reject His people? Certainly not! I am an Israelite myself, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin.
Micah 7:18
Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance—who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion?
Jeremiah 31:37
This is what the LORD says: “Only if the heavens above could be measured and the foundations of the earth below searched out would I reject all of Israel’s descendants because of all they have done,” declares the LORD.

People

LORD: Names or title used to refer to God

Glossary

Acrostic Lamentations, Book of Poetry, Biblical

Topics

Afflictions and Adversities: Consolation In Afflictions and Adversities: Resignation In Afflictions and Adversities: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To God: Mercy of Tragedy

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