For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God take away life, but deviseth means, that he that is banished be not an outcast from him.
Lamentations 3:31 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 For the Lord will not cast off for ever. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For the Lord will not Cast off for ever: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For the Lord will not cast off forever! [Ps. 94:14.] American Standard Version (1901) For the Lord will not cast off for ever. Common English Bible My Lord definitely won’t reject forever. Catholic Public Domain Version CAPH. For the Lord will not rebuke forever. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Caph. For the Lord will not cast off for ever. |
For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God take away life, but deviseth means, that he that is banished be not an outcast from him.
For the LORD will not cast off his people, Neither will he forsake his inheritance.
In measure, when thou sendest her away, thou dost contend with her; he hath removed her with his rough blast in the day of the east wind.
For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth: for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls which I have made.
Thus saith the LORD: If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, then will I also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, saith the LORD.
and I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; and I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me.
Considerest thou not what this people have spoken, saying, The two families which the LORD did choose, he hath cast them off? thus do they despise my people, that they should be no more a nation before them.
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.
Thus saith the LORD: Though they be in full strength, and likewise many, even so shall they be cut down, and he shall pass away. Though I have afflicted thee, I will afflict thee no more.
For the LORD will not forsake his people for his great name's sake: because it hath pleased the LORD to make you a people unto himself.