Lamentations

Lamentations 3:21–22

²¹Yet I call this to mind,

and therefore I have hope:

²²Because of the loving devotion^b of the LORD we are not consumed,

for His mercies never fail.

Footnotes

b 3:22 Forms of the Hebrew chesed are translated here and in most cases throughout the Scriptures as loving devotion; the range of meaning includes love, goodness, kindness, faithfulness, and mercy, as well as loyalty to a covenant.

Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Yet I call	אָשִׁ֥יב	’ā·šîḇ	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular	H7725 turn back, return
this	זֹ֛את	zōṯ	Pronoun - feminine singular	H2063 this
to	אֶל־	’el-	Preposition	H413 motion to
mind	לִבִּ֖י	lib·bî	Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular	H3820 inner man, mind, will, heart
and therefore	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
I have hope	אוֹחִֽיל׃ס	’ō·w·ḥîl	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular	H3176 wait

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Because of	כִּ֣י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
the loving devotion	חַֽסְדֵ֤י	ḥas·ḏê	Noun - masculine plural construct	H2617 goodness, kindness
of the LORD	יְהוָה֙	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
we are not	לֹא־	lō-	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
consumed	תָ֔מְנוּ	ṯā·mə·nū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common plural	H8552 be complete, finished
for	כִּ֥י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
His mercies	רַחֲמָֽיו׃	ra·ḥă·māw	Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine singular	H7356 womb
never	לֹא־	lō-	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
fail	כָל֖וּ	ḵā·lū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H3615 be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, spent

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Lamentations 3:21 Habakkuk 2:3 · Psalm 130:7 · Psalm 77:7–11

Lamentations 3:22 Psalm 86:15 · Luke 1:50 · Nehemiah 9:31 · Micah 7:18–19 · Malachi 3:6 · Psalm 78:38 · Psalm 106:45 · Psalm 77:8 · Ezra 9:8–9 · Ezekiel 20:8–9 · Ezra 9:13–15 · Ezekiel 20:21–22

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.