It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
It is of Jehovah’s lovingkindnesses that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
WEB
Because of the loving devotion of the LORD we are not consumed, for His mercies never fail.
YLT
The kindnesses of Jehovah! For we have not been consumed, For not ended have His mercies.
DBT
It is of Jehovah's loving-kindness we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not;
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentLamentations — Five poems over the ruin of Jerusalem. The first four are alphabetic acrostics — every letter of the Hebrew alphabet drafted to hold the weight of grief. At the book's centre, mercy renewed every morning.
- Author
- Traditionally Jeremiah (cf. 2 Chron 35:25); the book itself is anonymous
- Date
- Shortly after Jerusalem's fall, c. 586 BC