Lamentations 3:32
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Lamentations 3:32 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Lamentations 3:32 is a verse from the book of Lamentations in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Lamentations 3:32 — KJV
“But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies.”
— Lamentations 3:32 (KJV)
Lamentations 3:32 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 3:32
“They have set her a bed in the midst of the slain with all her multitude: her graves are round about him: all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword: though their terror was caused in the land of the living, yet have they borne their shame with them that go down to the pit: he is put in the midst of them that be slain.”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 3:32: though, cause, yet
“And now, though thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou sore longedst after thy father's house, yet wherefore hast thou stolen my gods?”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 3:32: though, cause, yet
“And the LORD was gracious unto them, and had compassion on them, and had respect unto them, because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not destroy them, neither cast he them from his presence as yet. presence: Heb. face”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 3:32: cause, yet, compassion
“But after they had rest, they did evil again before thee: therefore leftest thou them in the hand of their enemies, so that they had the dominion over them: yet when they returned, and cried unto thee, thou heardest them from heaven; and many times didst thou deliver them according to thy mercies; they did...: Heb. they returned to do evil”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 3:32: yet, according, mercies
“[To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.] Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 3:32: according, multitude, mercies
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