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Lamentations 3:32 KJV

Lamentations · chapter 3 · verse 32

But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies.Lamentations 3:32 · King James Version

Lamentations 3:32 in context

30He giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with reproach.

31For the LORD will not cast off for ever:

32But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies.

33For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men.

34To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth,

Read all of Lamentations 3 →

Commentary

Here the clouds begin to disperse and the sky to clear up; the complaint was very melancholy in the former part of the chapter, and yet here the tune is altered and the mourners in Zion begin to look a little pleasant. But for hope, the heart would break.

— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 21-36

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