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[It is of] Yahweh`s lovingkindnesses that we are not consumed, because his compassion doesn`t fail.
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Mercy in the Midst of Ruin
Commentators like Charles Spurgeon and Matthew Henry highlight a powerful, practical truth: no matter how bad things seem, they could be worse. The very fact that a believer is not utterly consumed or destroyed is a direct testament to God's mercy. In suffering, recognizing that our continued existence is a gift of grace can be a profound source of comfort and a reason for gratitude.
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Lamentations
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Verses 22-42 are the center of the present poem, as it also holds the central place in the whole series of the Lamentations. In them the riches of …
19th Century
Anglican
It is of the Lord’s mercies. —It is, perhaps, part of the elaborate art of this poem that Lamentations 3:22-42, which for…
Baptist
It is of the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
Hear that, troubled heart; you are not yet …
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16th Century
Protestant
The first clause can be explained in two ways. The view commonly taken is that it should be ascribed to God’s mercy that the faithful have not ofte…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
[It is of] the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed It was true of the prophet, that he died not in prison, or in the dunge…
Having stated his distress and temptation, the prophet shows how he was raised above it. Bad as things are, it is owing to the mercy of God that th…
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13th Century
Catholic
Here he sets forth the experience of divine mercy in the present.
First is the recognition of this: the mercies of the Lord,…
