Lamentations 3:22
“It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.”
My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is humbled in me.
This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope.
It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.
The Lord is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.
Counter-Arguments
The strongest case that this verse does not belong in this theme.
Cross-References
“But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.”
“To shew forth thy lovingkindness in the morning, and thy faithfulness every night,”
“For I am the Lord, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.”
“And his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to generation.”
“Nevertheless for thy great mercies’ sake thou didst not utterly consume them, nor forsake them; for thou art a gracious and merciful God.”