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Lam. 3:31 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Forq the Lord will not cast off for ever:

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Psa. 94:14• ¹⁴For the Lord will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance. (Psa. 94:14)

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1 Sam. 12:22• ²²For the Lord will not forsake his people for his great name's sake: because it hath pleased the Lord to make you his people. (1 Sam. 12:22)

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Psa. 77:7• ⁷Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be favorable no more? (Psa. 77:7)

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Psa. 94:14• ¹⁴For the Lord will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance. (Psa. 94:14)

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Psa. 103:8‑10• ⁸The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.
⁹He will not always chide: neither will he keep his anger for ever.
¹⁰He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities. (Psa. 103:8‑10)

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Isa. 54:7‑10• ⁷For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee.
⁸In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the Lord thy Redeemer.
⁹For this is as the waters of Noah unto me: for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth; so have I sworn that I would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee.
¹⁰For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the Lord that hath mercy on thee. (Isa. 54:7‑10)

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Isa. 57:16• ¹⁶For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth: for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls which I have made. (Isa. 57:16)

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Jer. 31:37• ³⁷Thus saith the Lord; If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I will also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, saith the Lord. (Jer. 31:37)

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Jer. 32:40• ⁴⁰And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me. (Jer. 32:40)

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Jer. 33:24• ²⁴Considerest thou not what this people have spoken, saying, The two families which the Lord hath chosen, he hath even cast them off? thus they have despised my people, that they should be no more a nation before them. (Jer. 33:24)

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Mic. 7:18• ¹⁸Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy. (Mic. 7:18)

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Rom. 11:1‑6• ¹I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.
²God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. Wot ye not what the scripture saith of Elias? how he maketh intercession to God against Israel, saying,
³Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and digged down thine altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life.
⁴But what saith the answer of God unto him? I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to the image of Baal.
⁵Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.
⁶And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no more work. (Rom. 11:1‑6)

• Hope is thus confirmed, without which indeed there is no power of endurance any more than of comfort. (“Lamentations of Jeremiah: Chapter 3:22-42” by W. Kelly)

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For the Lord will not cast off for ever;