Lamentations 3 · Verse 22

Lamentations 3:22

It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
Lamentations 3:22, King James Version

Lamentations 3:22 in other translations

BSBBecause of the loving devotion of the LORD we are not consumed, for His mercies never fail.
WEBIt is because of the LORD’s loving kindnesses that we are not consumed, because his mercies don’t fail.
ASVIt is of Jehovah’s lovingkindnesses that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
YLTThe kindnesses of Jehovah! For we have not been consumed, For not ended have His mercies.
DARBYIt is of Jehovah's loving-kindness we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not;
BBEIt is through the Lord's love that we have not come to destruction, because his mercies have no limit.
WebsterIt is of the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.

What does Lamentations 3:22 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Lamentations 3:22-24
22-24. (Mal 3:6).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
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 seas less than his iniquity deserved. If, indeed, any sinner be kept out of hell, it is because God's compassion faileth not.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Lamentations 3:21-36

Having stated his distress and temptation, the prophet shows how he was raised above it. Bad as things are, it is owing to the mercy of God that they are not worse. We should observe what makes for us, as well as what is against us. God's compassions fail not; of this we have fresh instances every morning. Portions on earth are perishing things, but God is a portion for ever. It is our duty, and will be our comfort…

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Lamentations 3:22 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

חַֽסְדֵ֤יchas.Dei[the] covenant loyalti<es> ofH2617
יְהוָה֙Yah.wehYahwehH3068
כִּ֣יkiforH3588
לֹא\־lo'-notH3808
תָ֔מְנוּTa.me.nuwe have met our endH8552
כִּ֥יkiforH3588
לֹא\־lo'-notH3808
כָל֖וּkha.Luthey come to an endH3615
רַחֲמָֽיו\׃ra.cha.Mavcompassion<s> hisH7356

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Lamentations 3:22

  • Psalms 86:15

    But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.

  • Luke 1:50

    And his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to generation.

  • Nehemiah 9:31

    Nevertheless for thy great mercies’ sake thou didst not utterly consume them, nor forsake them; for thou art a gracious and merciful God.

  • Micah 7:18-19

    Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy. He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.

  • Malachi 3:6

    For I am the Lord, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.

  • Psalms 78:38

    But he, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them not: yea, many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stir up all his wrath.

  • Psalms 106:45

    And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies.

  • Psalms 77:8

    Is his mercy clean gone for ever? doth his promise fail for evermore?

  • Ezra 9:8-9

    And now for a little space grace hath been shewed from the Lord our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage. For we were bondmen; yet our God hath not forsaken us in our bondage, but hath extended mercy unto us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and to repair the desolations thereof, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem.

  • Ezekiel 20:8-9

    But they rebelled against me, and would not hearken unto me: they did not every man cast away the abominations of their eyes, neither did they forsake the idols of Egypt: then I said, I will pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt. But I wrought for my name’s sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, among whom they were, in whose sight I made myself known unto them, in bringing them forth out of the land of Egypt.

  • Ezra 9:13-15

    And after all that is come upon us for our evil deeds, and for our great trespass, seeing that thou our God hast punished us less than our iniquities deserve, and hast given us such deliverance as this; Should we again break thy commandments, and join in affinity with the people of these abominations? wouldest not thou be angry with us till thou hadst consumed us, so that there should be no remnant nor escaping? O Lord God of Israel, thou art righteous: for we remain yet escaped, as it is this day: behold, we are before thee in our trespasses: for we cannot stand before thee because of this.

  • Ezekiel 20:21-22

    Notwithstanding the children rebelled against me: they walked not in my statutes, neither kept my judgments to do them, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; they polluted my sabbaths: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the wilderness. Nevertheless I withdrew mine hand, and wrought for my name’s sake, that it should not be polluted in the sight of the heathen, in whose sight I brought them forth.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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Ezr 9:8,9,13-15; Ne 9:31; Ps 78:38; 106:45; Eze 20:8,9,13,14,21
Eze 20:22; Mal 3:6
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Ps 77:8; 86:15; Mic 7:18,19; Lu 1:50

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Context

  • Lamentations 3:21

    This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope.

  • Lamentations 3:22

    It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.

  • Lamentations 3:23

    They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.

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Lamentations 3:22 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Es por la misericordia de Jehová que no somos consumidos, porque nunca decayeron sus misericordias.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Ce sont les bontés de l’ Éternel que nous ne sommes pas consumés, car ses compassions ne cessent pas;
German
Elberfelder 1871
Es sind die Gütigkeiten Jehovas, daß wir nicht aufgerieben sind; denn seine Erbarmungen sind nicht zu Ende
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Misericordiæ Domini, quia non sumus consumpti; quia non defecerunt miserationes ejus.