Lamentations 3:31
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Lamentations 3:31 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Lamentations 3:31 is a verse from the book of Lamentations in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "For the Lord will not cast off for ever:" Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Lamentations 3:31 — KJV
“For the Lord will not cast off for ever:”
— Lamentations 3:31 (KJV)
Lamentations 3:31 in Context — About the Book of Lamentations
Lamentations is five funeral poems over fallen Jerusalem — grief given holy structure. At its exact center burns the flame the darkness never reaches: because of the Lord's great love we are not consumed; His mercies are new every morning. It teaches us to grieve with hope.
Cross-References for Lamentations 3:31
“And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.”
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“Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever.”
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“Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be favourable no more?”
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“Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he did pursue his brother with the sword, and did cast off all pity, and his anger did tear perpetually, and he kept his wrath for ever: did cast...: Heb. corrupted his compassions”
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“And I will make her that halted a remnant, and her that was cast far off a strong nation: and the LORD shall reign over them in mount Zion from henceforth, even for ever.”
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