Lamentations 3:22
Because of the loving devotion of the Lord we are not consumed, for His mercies never fail.
Note Forms of the Hebrew chesed are translated here and in most cases throughout the Scriptures as loving devotion; the range of meaning includes love, goodness, kindness, faithfulness, and mercy, as well as loyalty to a covenant.
It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
It is because of the Lord’s loving kindnesses that we are not consumed, because his mercies don’t fail.
It is of Jehovah’s lovingkindnesses that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
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Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- of
- Ezra 9:8, 9, 13–15; Nehemiah 9:31; Psalm 78:38; Psalm 106:45; Ezekiel 20:8, 9, 13, 14, 21; Ezekiel 20:22; Malachi 3:6
- because
- Psalm 77:8; Psalm 86:15; Micah 7:18, 19; Luke 1:50