Lamentations 3:22
It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
Context
This verse from Lamentations Chapter 3 connects to 10 cross-references. The central and longest lament shifts to first-person male singular. The man has seen affliction under the rod of God's wrath — led into darkness with no light, his flesh wasted, his way blocked with hewn stone. The famous pivot: …
Andere Übersetzungen
It is of Jehovah’s lovingkindnesses that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
The kindnesses of Jehovah! For we have not been consumed, For not ended have His mercies.
It is through the Lord's love that we have not come to destruction, because his mercies have no limit.
Querverweise
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Notwithstanding the children rebelled against me: they walked not in my statutes, neither kept my judgments to do them, which …
But I wrought for my name’s sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, in whose sight I …
But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: they walked not in my statutes, and they despised …
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But they rebelled against me, and would not hearken unto me: they did not every man cast away the abominations …