Lamentations 3:31 BSB

Original language & word study

5 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
כִּ֣י	ki	for	H3588 →
לֹ֥א	lo'	not	H3808 →
יִזְנַ֛ח	yiz.Nach	he will reject	H2186 →
לְעוֹלָ֖ם	le.'o.Lam	for ever	H5769 →
אֲדֹנָֽי׃	'a.do.Nai	[the] Lord	H136 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

H2186yiznachhe will reject20×

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Psalms 94:14
For the LORD will not forsake His people; He will never abandon His heritage.
leads to
- Romans 11:1–2
  I ask then, did God reject His people? Certainly not! I am an Israelite myself, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 1 Samuel 12:22
  Indeed, for the sake of His great name, the LORD will not abandon His people, because He was pleased to make you His own.
- Psalms 37:28
  For the LORD loves justice and will not forsake His saints. They are preserved forever, but the offspring of the wicked will be cut off.
- Deuteronomy 32:9
  But the LORD’s portion is His people, Jacob His allotted inheritance.
- Romans 8:30
  And those He predestined, He also called; those He called, He also justified; those He justified, He also glorified.
Through
Isaiah 57:16
For I will not accuse you forever, nor will I always be angry; for then the spirit of man would grow weak before Me, with the breath of those I have made.
leads to
- Psalms 85:5
  Will You be angry with us forever? Will You draw out Your anger to all generations?
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Micah 7:18
  Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance—who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion?
- Jeremiah 10:24
  Correct me, O LORD, but only with justice—not in Your anger, or You will bring me to nothing.

The gold bar shows how strongly the cross-reference sources tie the two verses together: a long bar means many compiled references make the connection, a short one means few.

Psalms 94:14For the LORD will not forsake His people; He will never abandon His heritage.Psalms 103:8–10The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion.Psalms 77:7“Will the Lord spurn us forever and never show His favor again?Isaiah 54:7–10“For a brief moment I forsook you, but with great compassion I will bring you back.Isaiah 57:16For I will not accuse you forever, nor will I always be angry; for then the spirit of man would grow weak before Me, with the breath of those I have made.1 Samuel 12:22Indeed, for the sake of His great name, the LORD will not abandon His people, because He was pleased to make you His own.Jeremiah 32:40I will make an everlasting covenant with them: I will never turn away from doing good to them, and I will put My fear in their hearts, so that they will never turn away from Me.Jeremiah 31:37This is what the LORD says: “Only if the heavens above could be measured and the foundations of the earth below searched out would I reject all of Israel’s descendants because of all they have done,” declares the LORD.Micah 7:18Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance—who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion?Jeremiah 33:24“Have you not noticed what these people are saying: ‘The LORD has rejected the two families He had chosen’? So they despise My people and no longer regard them as a nation.Romans 11:1–6I ask then, did God reject His people? Certainly not! I am an Israelite myself, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin.Mark 4:39Then Jesus got up and rebuked the wind and the sea. “Silence!” He commanded. “Be still!” And the wind died down, and it was perfectly calm.

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