“ For the Lord will not cast off for ever: ”
Reasons for the resignation urged in the previous triplet.
Lamentations 3. The Third Lament. Here it is the singer that comes chiefly to the front; whereas in Lamentations 3:1 it had been Zion, and in Lamentations 3:2 it was Yahweh. EV hardly puts Lam...
the LORD*. One of the 134 places where the Sopherim say they altered "Jehovah" of the primitive text to "Adonai". See App-32. Here some codices, with two early printed editions, also read "Jehova...
It is certain that there will be no patience, except there be hope, as it has already appeared. As, then, patience cherishes hope, so hope is the foundation of patience; and hence consolation i...
DISCOURSE: 1094 COMFORT FOR THE AFFLICTED Lamentations 3:31-33 . The Lord will not cast off for ever: but though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mer...
For the Lord will not cast off for ever: The Lord - אדני Adonai; but one of my ancient MSS. has יהוה Jehovah. The above verse is quoted in reference to our Lord's passion, by Matthew 26:62 .
For the Lord will not cast off for ever: The Lord will not cast off forever. True repentance is never without hope ( Psalms 94:14 ). Verse 32. Though he cause grief, yet will he have compas...
Zion's Hope in God's Mercy This third poem is the most elaborate in structure and the most sublime in thought of all. The poet speaks not only for himself, but for the nation. The order of thought...
For the Lord... — The counsels of submission are followed by the grounds of hope. The first, a quotation from Psalms 77:7 , had been of old a favourite thought of the writer’s ( Jeremiah 3:5 ; Je...
QUIET WAITING Lamentations 3:25-36 HAVING struck a rich vein, our author proceeds to work it with energy. Pursuing the ideas that flow out of the great truth of the endless goodness of God, and...
In this central and longest poem, Jeremiah identified himself completely with the experiences of his people. In the first movement, in language which throbs with pain, he described his own sorrows, r...
They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness. The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him. The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him....
For the Lord will not cast off for ever. Which is not to be understood of all his creatures; for there are some he does cast off for ever, as the angels that sinned; reprobate men, profligate and a...
For the Lord will not cast off for ever: Ver. 31. For the Lord will not cast off for ever. ] No, not at all, however he may seem to some so to do. Non deserit etiamsi deserat, saith a father: He...
The Lord will not cast off for ever The truly penitent that put their trust in him, and sincerely desire and seek reconciliation with him: though he may for a time appear to estrange himself from t...
Words of Comfort to Israel; The Benefit of Afflictions; Comfort to the Afflicted. B. C. 588. ...
This is that which beareth up his spirits, that though the Lord may for a time estrange himself from his people, yet he will not always forsake them.
The Prophet Prays His Way Through To Confidence In YHWH ( Lamentations 3:19-39 ). When our souls have reached their lowest point there is only one thing to do, and that is to cast ourselves on God...
EXEGETICAL NOTES. — (כ) Lamentations 3:31 . For this silent waiting on the Lord, amid humiliations and scorn, there is all-sufficient strength. It is in the Lord Himself, in the belief that He is...
I am about to read a portion of Holy Scripture which may seem very strange to some of you, but it belongs to a part of the congregation, and I hope it may be the means of giving them comfort. I read...
The Metre changes here. The letters of the Hebrew alphabet, twenty two in number, begin three hemistichs, which make sixty six verses. It would look better, and read more poetically, if the hemistich...
EXPOSITION Lamentations 3:1-25 MONOLOGUE SPOKEN BY AN INDIVIDUAL BELIEVER WHOSE FATE IS BOUND UP WITH THAT OF THE NATION ; OR PERHAPS BY THE NATION...
God's Mercy and Power Revealed
1 Samuel 12:22 ; Isaiah 54:7-10 ; Isaiah 57:16 ; Jeremiah 31:37 ; Jeremiah 32:40 ; Jeremiah 33:24 ; Micah 7:18 ; Psalms 103:8-10 ; Psalms 77:7 ; Psalms 94:14 ; Romans 11:1-6