Lamentations 3:22-23

Old Testament 2 verses 26 words 11 with Strong's data
22It is of the LORD’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. 23They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.

Key Terms Across Passage

compassions

רַחַם racham

compassion (in the plural); by extension, the womb (as cherishing the fetus); by implication, a maiden

faithfulness

אֱמוּנָה ʼĕmûwnâh

literally firmness; figuratively security; morally fidelity

mercies

רַחַם racham

compassion (in the plural); by extension, the womb (as cherishing the fetus); by implication, a maiden

fail

כָּלָה kâlâh

to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitived (to complete, prepare, consume)

consumed

כָּלָה kâlâh

to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitived (to complete, prepare, consume)

חָדָשׁ châdâsh

new

morning

בֹּקֶר bôqer

properly, dawn (as the break of day); generally, morning

great

גָּדוֹל gâdôwl

great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent

because

פָּנִים pânîym

the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi...

LORD

יְהֹוָה Yᵉhôvâh

Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

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Cross References for Passage

Psalm 86:15 119

But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, long suffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.

Hebrews 10:23 70

Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;)

Luke 1:50 66

And his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to generation.

Nehemiah 9:31 60

Nevertheless for thy great mercies’ sake thou didst not utterly consume them, nor forsake them; for thou art a gracious and merciful God.

Psalm 30:5 54

For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.

Isaiah 33:2 50

O LORD, be gracious unto us; we have waited for thee: be thou their arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.

Malachi 3:6 45

For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.

Psalm 78:38 42

But he, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them not: yea, many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stir up all his wrath.

Psalm 36:5 40

Thy mercy, O LORD, is in the heavens; and thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds.

Psalm 89:33 40

Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.

Psalm 106:45 35

And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies.

Zephaniah 3:5 31

The just LORD is in the midst thereof; he will not do iniquity: every morning doth he bring his judgment to light, he faileth not; but the unjust knoweth no shame.

Psalm 77:8 30

Is his mercy clean gone for ever? doth his promise fail for evermore?

Exodus 34:6 29

And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,

Psalm 146:6 27

Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: which keepeth truth for ever:

Hebrews 6:18 22

That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:

Titus 1:2 19

In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;