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Lamentations 3:22
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Because of the Lord’s faithful lovewe do not perish,for his mercies never end.
[It is of] the LORD's lovingkindnesses that we are not consumed, because his compassion doesn't fail.
It is of the Lord 's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end;
The LORD'S acts of mercy indeed do not end, For His compassions do not fail.
The Lord 's love never ends; his mercies never stop.
It is because of the LORD'S lovingkindnesses that we are not consumed, Because His [tender] compassions never fail.
[It is of] Yahweh's lovingkindnesses that we are not consumed, because his compassion doesn't fail.
It is the Lordes mercies that wee are not consumed, because his compassions faile not.
The LORD'S lovingkindnesses indeed never cease, For His compassions never fail.
The lovingkindnesses of Yahweh indeed never cease,For His compassions never fail.
Because of the LORD's loving devotion we are not consumed, for His compassions never fail.
The Lord 's kindness never fails! If he had not been merciful, we would have been destroyed.
that the grace of Adonai is not exhausted, that his compassion has not ended.
It is of Jehovah's loving-kindness we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not;
We are still alive because the Lord 's faithful love never ends.
Surely the kindness of the LORD never ceases and his mercies never fail.
The Lord 's unfailing love and mercy still continue,
The loyal love of Yahweh does not cease; his compassions do not come to an end.
It is by the kindnesses of Jehovah that we are not consumed, for His mercies are not ended.
Namely, that the mercies of the LORDE are not clene gone, & that his louynge kyndnesse ceasseth not.
It is of Jehovah's lovingkindnesses that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
It is through the Lord's love that we have not come to destruction, because his mercies have no limit.
It is of the Lords mercies that wee are not consumed, because his compassions faile not.
[Namely] it is of the Lordes mercies that we are not vtterly consumed, for truely his pitifull compassion hath not ceassed.
HETH. It is the mercies of the Lord, that he has not failed me, because his compassions are not exhausted. Pity us, O Lord, early every month: for we are not brought to an end, because his compassions are not exhausted.
It is of the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
Heth. The mercies of the Lord ben manye, for we ben not wastid; for whi hise merciful doyngis failiden not.
[It is of] Yahweh's loving-kindnesses that we are not consumed, because his compassions do not fail.
[It is of] the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
ח (Khet)
The Lord 's loyal kindness never ceases; his compassions never end.Through the LORD's mercies we are not consumed, Because His compassions fail not.
The faithful love of the Lord never ends! His mercies never cease.
It is because of the Lord's loving-kindness that we are not destroyed for His loving-pity never ends.
The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, his mercies never come to an end;
The lovingkindnesses of Yahweh, verily they are not exhausted, Verily! not at an end, are his compassions:
Heth. The mercies of the Lord that we are not consumed: because his commiserations have not failed.
The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases, his mercies never come to an end;
The kindnesses of Jehovah! For we have not been consumed, For not ended have His mercies.
God 's loyal love couldn't have run out, his merciful love couldn't have dried up. They're created new every morning. How great your faithfulness! I'm sticking with God (I say it over and over). He's all I've got left.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
of: Ezra 9:8, Ezra 9:9, Ezra 9:13-15, Nehemiah 9:31, Psalms 78:38, Psalms 106:45, Ezekiel 20:8, Ezekiel 20:9, Ezekiel 20:13, Ezekiel 20:14, Ezekiel 20:21, Ezekiel 20:22, Malachi 3:6
because: Psalms 77:8, Psalms 86:15, Micah 7:18, Micah 7:19, Luke 1:50
Reciprocal: Genesis 19:16 - the Lord Numbers 11:11 - wherefore have Deuteronomy 30:3 - then the 2 Kings 20:19 - Good 2 Chronicles 12:12 - when Ezra 9:10 - what shall we say Ezra 9:15 - for we remain Nehemiah 9:19 - in thy Job 11:6 - God exacteth Job 33:23 - to Psalms 92:2 - show Psalms 103:10 - dealt Psalms 119:77 - thy tender Psalms 129:4 - The Lord Ecclesiastes 9:4 - General Isaiah 1:9 - left Isaiah 39:8 - Good Lamentations 3:32 - General Lamentations 3:39 - doth Daniel 9:9 - To the Lord Joel 2:18 - and pity Zechariah 9:12 - even Romans 9:22 - endured Romans 9:29 - Except Romans 10:3 - submitted 1 Corinthians 1:9 - God James 5:11 - the Lord is
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And God said: 'Let us make man in our image, after our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.'
And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
for God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as God, knowing good and evil.'
And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat; and she gave also unto her husband with her, and he did eat.
And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig-leaves together, and made themselves girdles.
And the man said: 'The woman whom Thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.'
And the LORD God said unto the woman: 'What is this thou hast done?' And the woman said: 'The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.'
From Thee cometh my praise in the great congregation; I will pay my vows before them that fear Him.
She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her, and happy is every one that holdest her fast.
O inhabitant of Lebanon, that art nestled in the cedars, how gracious shalt thou be when pangs come upon thee, the pain as of a woman in travail!
Gill's Notes on the Bible
[It is of] the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed,.... It was true of the prophet, that he died not in prison, or in the dungeon; and of the people of the Jews, who though many of them perished by the sword, famine, and pestilence, yet God did not make a full end of them, according to his gracious promise, Jeremiah 30:11; but left them a seed, a remnant, from whence the Messiah, the mercy promised, should come, and to which it was owing they were not utterly cut off for their sins: nor are any of the Lord's special people ever consumed; their estates may be consumed, and so may their bodies by wasting diseases, and at last by death; but not their souls, not only as to their being, but as to their well being, here and hereafter; though their peace, joy, and comfort, may be gone for a while, through temptation, desertion, and the prevalence of corruption; and they may be in declining circumstances, as to the exercise of grace, yet the principle itself can never be lost; faith, hope, and love, will abide; nor can they eternally perish, or be punished with an everlasting destruction: all which is to be ascribed not to their own strength to preserve themselves, nor to any want of desert in them to be destroyed, or of power in God to consume them; but to his "mercies" and "goodnesses", the multitude of them; for there is an abundance of mercy, grace, and goodness in God, and various are the instances of it; as in the choice of his people to grace and glory; in the covenant of grace, and the blessings of it they are interested in; in redemption by Christ; in regeneration by his Spirit; in the forgiveness of their sins; and in their complete salvation; which are all so many reasons why they are not, and shall not be, consumed. The words may be rendered, "the mercies" or "goodnesses of the Lord, for they are not consumed", or, "that the mercies of the Lord", c. w Jarchi observes, that "tamnu" is as "tammu" the "nun" being inserted, according to Aben Ezra, instead of doubling the letter "mem"; and the former makes the sense to be this, in connection with the Lamentations 3:21; "this I recall to mind the mercies of the Lord, that they are not consumed"; to which agrees the Targum,
"the goodnesses, of the Lord, for they cease not;''
and so the Septuagint, "the mercies of the Lord, for they have not left me"; and to the same sense the Syriac version is, "the mercies of the Lord, for they have no end", and Aben Ezra's note on the text is almost in the same words,
"for there is no end to the mercies of God;''
because his compassions fail not; or, "his tender mercies" x; of which he is full, and which are bestowed in a free and sovereign way, and are the spring of all good things, and a never failing one they are; and this is another reason why the Lord's people are not consumed, and never shall, because of the mercies of the Lord, since these shall never fail; for though they are, yet should they fail, they might be consumed; but these are from everlasting to everlasting, and are kept with Christ their covenant head; see Psalms 103:17.
w ×ס×× ×××× ×× ×× ×ª×× × "quod misericordiae Jehovae deficiunt", vel "defecerunt", so some in Vatablus; "studia Jehovae quod non defecerunt", Cocceius. x ר××× "miserationes ejus", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Verses 22-42 are the center of the present poem, as it also holds the central place in the whole series of the Lamentations. In them the riches of Godâs grace and mercy are set forth in the brightest colors, but no sooner are they ended than the prophet resumes the language of woe.
That we - He is speaking as the representative of all sufferers.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 22. It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed — Being thus humbled, and seeing himself and his sinfulness in a proper point of view, he finds that God, instead of dealing with him in judgment, has dealt with him in mercy; and that though the affliction was excessive, yet it was less than his iniquity deserved. If, indeed, any sinner be kept out of hell, it is because God's compassion faileth not.
