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For though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses.
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Grief with a Purpose
Commentators explain that when God causes grief, it is not because He enjoys it. Rather, like a loving father, He uses affliction for a gracious purpose. This chastisement is meant to produce repentance, humility, and to wean believers from the world, ultimately working for their good.
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Lamentations
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Reasons for the resignation urged in the previous triplet.
19th Century
Baptist
He sits alone and keeps silence, because he has borne it upon him. He puts his mouth in the dust, if perhaps there may be hope. He gives his ch…
16th Century
Protestant
We saw in the last Lecture that the best and only true remedy for sorrows is when the faithful are convinced that they are chastised only by the pa…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
But though he cause grief As he sometimes does in his own people; by convincing them of sin, and producing in them g…
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…
13th Century
Catholic
Here he shows the divine mercy regarding the relaxation of punishment.
First, he presents the release from punishments: the Lord will …
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