What does Lamentations 3:22-23 mean?
Because of the loving devotion of the LORD we are not consumed, for His mercies never fail.
LAMENTATIONS 3:22 · BEREAN STANDARD BIBLE
These lines sit in the middle of a long lament over the fall of Jerusalem, and they are where the tone turns from grief to hope. Verse 22 speaks of the LORD's loving devotion and mercies, and verse 23 adds that they are new every morning.
Three commentaries, quoted, not summarized.
JAMIESON, FAUSSET & BROWN · 1871verified
(Mal 3:6).
MATTHEW HENRY · 1708–1710verified
…We are afflicted by the rod of his wrath, but it is of the lord's mercies that we are not consumed, Lam 3:22. When we are in distress we should, for the encouragement of our faith and hope, observe what makes for us as well as what makes against us. Things are bad but they might have been worse, and therefore there is hope that they may be better. Observe here, 1. The streams of mercy acknowledged: We are not consumed. Note, The church of God is like Moses's bush, burning, yet not consumed…
JOHN GILL · 1748–1763verified
It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed,.... It was true of the prophet, that he died not in prison, or in the dungeon; and of the people of the Jews, who though many of them perished by the sword, famine, and pestilence, yet God did not make a full end of them, according to his gracious promise, Jeremiah 30:11; but left them a seed, a remnant, from whence the Messiah, the mercy promised, should come…
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Lamentations 3
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