Lamentations 3:20-22

Living Bible

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

New International Version

²⁰I well remember them,
and my soul is downcast^(A) within me.^(B)
²¹Yet this I call to mind
and therefore I have hope:

²²Because of the Lord’s great love^(C) we are not consumed,^(D)
for his compassions never fail.^(E)

²⁰My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is humbled in me.

²¹This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope.

²²It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.

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

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