Lamentations 3:20-22

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²⁰For I can never forget these awful years; always my soul will live in utter shame.

²¹Yet there is one ray of hope: ²²his compassion never ends. It is only the Lord’s mercies that have kept us from complete destruction.

Lamentations 3:20-22

English Standard Version

²⁰My soul continually remembers it
^(A)and is bowed down within me.
²¹But this I call to mind,
and ^(B)therefore I have hope:

²²^(C)The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases;^[a]
^(D)his mercies never come to an end;

Lamentations 3:22 Syriac, Targum; Hebrew Because of the steadfast love of the Lord, we are not cut off

²⁰My soul still remembers them,
and is bowed down within me.
²¹This I recall to my mind;
therefore I have hope.

²²It is because of Yahweh’s loving kindnesses that we are not consumed,
because his mercies don’t fail.

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