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Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Lamentations 3:22-23

The unfailing compassions of Jehovah. Here indeed is a full retractation of the reckless falsehood recorded in Lamentations 3:18 . He who had hinted that God was a Destroyer, that he delighted, as it were, in reducing his children to despair, is now found glorying in the same God as the great Preserver, the one effectual Guardian of man's existence and peace. I. NOTE THE DESTROYING POWERS THAT BESET HUMAN LIFE . God's mercies are the only guarantee against our being... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Lamentations 3:23

New every morning. Human life abounds in novelties. It is made up of experiences which combine novelty and repetition. But the mercies of the Eternal are ever new; no day breaks which does not open up some new prospect of Divine faithfulness and loving kindness towards the children of men. I. THE SAME MERCIES ARE REPEATED AFRESH . Because a gift of God resembles a previous gift, it does not, therefore, fail in being a new proof of Divine beneficence and favour. The most... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Lamentations 3:22

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 God’s grace and mercy are set forth in the brightest colors, but no sooner are they ended than the prophet resumes the language of woe.That we - He is speaking as the representative of all sufferers. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Lamentations 3:21-23

Lamentations 3:21-23. This I recall to my mind, &c. Here the prophet begins to suggest motives of patience and consolation: as if he had said, I call to mind the following considerations, and thereupon I conceive hope and comfort. And surely they are such as afford a sufficient ground for trusting in God under the severest trials. It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed It is not clear that this is the exact sense of the Hebrew, in which there is nothing for it is of. ... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Lamentations 3:1-66

Grief, repentance and hope (3:1-66)This poem is different in style from the previous two. The poet speaks as if he is the representative of all Judah, describing Judah’s sufferings as if they were his own. And those sufferings are God’s righteous judgment (3:1-3). He is like a starving man ready to die. Indeed, he feels as if he already dwells in the world of the dead (4-6). He is like a man chained and locked inside a stone prison from which there is no way out (7-9).To the writer God seems... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Lamentations 3:23

new = fresh. every morning. Put by Figure of speech Synecdoche (of the Part), for always and continually. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Lamentations 3:22

"It is of Jehovah's lovingkindness that we are not consumed,because his compassions fail not.They are new every morning;great is thy faithfulness.Jehovah is my portion, saith my soul;therefore will I hope in him.Jehovah is good unto them that wait for him,to the soul that seeketh him.It is good that a man should hopeand quietly wait for the salvation of Jehovah.It is good for the manthat he bear the yoke in his youth.""Because his compassions fail not" (Lamentations 3:22). "Indeed, if any man... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Lamentations 3:22

Lamentations 3:22. It is of the Lord's mercies— This is the Lord's mercy, that he hath not entirely consumed me; neither are his companions exhausted. read more

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