Lamentations 3:21-23 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Lamentations 3:21-36

Here the clouds begin to disperse and the sky to clear up; the complaint was very melancholy in the former part of the chapter, and yet here the tune is altered and the mourners in Zion begin to look a little pleasant. But for hope, the heart would break. To save the heart from being quite broken, here is something called to mind, which gives ground for hope (Lam. 3:21), which refers to what comes after, not to what goes before. I make to return to my heart (so the margin words it); what we... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Lamentations 3:21

This I recall to my mind ,.... Not affliction and misery, but the Lord's remembrance of his people; what he had been used to do, and would do again; and particularly what follows, the abundant mercy of God, and his great faithfulness; these things the prophet fetched back to his mind; and revolved them in his heart; says he, and therefore have I hope ; this revived his hope, which he was ready to say was perished from the Lord, and there was no foundation for it; but now he saw there... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Lamentations 3:22

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 dungeon; and of the people of the Jews, who though many of them perished by the sword, famine, and pestilence, yet God did not make a full end of them, according to his gracious promise, Jeremiah 30:11 ; but left them a seed, a remnant, from whence the Messiah, the mercy promised, should come, and to which it was owing they were not utterly cut off for their sins:... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Lamentations 3:23

They are new every morning ,.... That is, the tender mercies or compassions of God are, which prove that they fail not; there are instances of them every day, not only in a temporal, but in a spiritual sense; they are ever new, always fresh and vigorous, constant and perpetual; such are the love, grace, and mercy of God, though of old, yet daily renewed in the manifestations thereof; and which make a morning of spiritual light, joy, and comfort; and whenever it is morning with the saints,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 3:22

It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed - Being thus humbled, and seeing himself and his sinfulness in a proper point of view, he finds that God, instead of dealing with him in judgment, has dealt with him in mercy; and that though the affliction was excessive, yet it seas less than his iniquity deserved. If, indeed, any sinner be kept out of hell, it is because God's compassion faileth not. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 3:23

They are new every morning - Day and night proclaim the mercy and compassion of God. Who could exist throughout the day, if there were not a continual superintending Providence? Who could be preserved in the night, if the Watchman of Israel ever slumbered or slept? read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 3:21

Verse 21 We see here what I have already stated, that if we struggle against temptations, it will be a sure remedy to us, because our faith will at length emerge again, and gather strength, yea, it will in a manner be raised up from the lowest depths. This is what the Prophet now shews. I will recall this, he says, to my heart, and therefore will I hope How can despair produce hope from itself? This would be contrary to nature. What then does the Prophet mean here, and what does he understand... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 3:22

Verse 22 The first clause may be explained in two ways: The view commonly taken is, that it ought to be ascribed to God’s mercy that the faithful have not been often consumed. Hence a very useful doctrine is elicited — that God succors his own people, lest they should wholly perish. But if we attend to the context, we shall see that another sense is more suitable, even that the mercies of God were not consumed, and that his compassion’s had not failed The particle כי,ki, is inserted, but ought... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 3:23

Verse 23 This verse confirms what I have said, that the same truth is here repeated by the Prophet, that God’s mercies were not consumed, nor had his compassion’s failed. How so? Because they were new, or renewed, every day; but he puts morning, and that in the plural number. I am surprised at the hour striking so soon; I hardly think that I have lectured a whole hour. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Lamentations 3:1-21

MONOLOGUE SPOKEN BY AN INDIVIDUAL BELIEVER WHOSE FATE IS BOUND UP WITH THAT OF THE NATION ; OR PERHAPS BY THE NATION PERSONIFIED (see Introduction). read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Lamentations 3:21-36

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Lamentations 3:21

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Lamentations 3:22

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Lamentations 3:23

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 3:22

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 3:23

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 3:21

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 3:22

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 3:23

The Pulpit Commentary - Lamentations 3:1-21

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