Lamentations 3:31 - Easy To Read Version That person should remember that\par the Lord does not reject people forever.\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
We will all die some day. We will be like water that is spilled on the ground. No person can gather this water back from the ground. You know God forgives people. God made plans for people who are forced to run away for safety—God doesn’t force them to run away from him!
I will punish David’s children because of {the things Solomon did}. But I will not punish them forever.’”
I wonder,\par “Has our Master left us forever?\par Will he ever want us again?\par
The Lord will not leave his people.\par He will not leave them without help.\par
The Lord will settle his argument with Israel by sending her far away. The Lord will speak harshly to Israel. His words will burn like the hot desert wind.
I will not continue fighting forever.\par I will not always be angry.\par If I continued to be angry,\par then man’s spirit\par —the life I gave them—\par would die in front of me.\par
The Lord says:\par “I’ll never reject the descendants of Israel.\par That would happen only if people could\par measure the sky above,\par and learn all the secrets\par of the earth below.\par Only then would I reject\par the descendants of Israel.\par Only then would I reject them\par for the bad things they have done.”\par This message is from the Lord.\par
“‘I will make an Agreement with the people of Israel and Judah. This Agreement will last forever. In this Agreement, I will never turn away from those people. I will always be good to them. I will make them want to respect me. Then they will never turn away from me.
“Jeremiah, have you heard what the people are saying? Those people are saying, ‘The Lord turned away from the two families of Israel and Judah. The Lord chose those people, but now he does not even accept them as a nation.’”
The Lord said these things \{to Judah\}:\par “The people of Assyria are at full strength.\par They have many soldiers.\par But they will all be cut down.\par They will all be finished.\par My people, I made you suffer.\par But I will make you suffer no more.\par
“But the Lord won’t leave his people. No, the Lord was pleased to make you his own people. So, for his own good name, he won’t leave you.