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Lamentations 3:32

Even if He causes grief, He will show compassion according to His abundant loving devotion.

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ASV

For though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses.

KJV

But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
כִּ֣יkithatH3588 →
אִם־'im-exceptH518 →
הוֹגָ֔הho.Gahhe has caused griefH3013 →
וְרִחַ֖םve.ri.Chamand he will have compassionH7355 →
כְּרֹ֥בke.Roaccording to [the] greatness ofH7230 →
חֲסָדָֽיו׃chas.dovcovenant loyalti<es> hisH2617 →

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Habakkuk 3:2O LORD, I have heard the report of You; I stand in awe, O LORD, of Your deeds. Revive them in these years; make them known in these years. In Your wrath, remember mercy!Psalms 51:1Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your loving devotion; according to Your great compassion, blot out my transgressions.Psalms 78:38And yet He was compassionate; He forgave their iniquity and did not destroy them. He often restrained His anger and did not unleash His full wrath.Psalms 30:5For His anger is fleeting, but His favor lasts a lifetime. Weeping may stay the night, but joy comes in the morning.Psalms 103:11For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is His loving devotion for those who fear Him.Deuteronomy 30:3then He will restore you from captivity and have compassion on you and gather you from all the nations to which the LORD your God has scattered you.Psalms 106:43–45Many times He rescued them, but they were bent on rebellion and sank down in their iniquity.Judges 10:16So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the LORD, and He could no longer bear the misery of Israel.Hosea 11:8How could I give you up, O Ephraim? How could I surrender you, O Israel? How could I make you like Admah? How could I treat you like Zeboiim? My heart is turned within Me; My compassion is stirred!Exodus 3:7The LORD said, “I have indeed seen the affliction of My people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their oppressors, and I am aware of their sufferings.Jeremiah 31:20Is not Ephraim a precious son to Me, a delightful child? Though I often speak against him, I still remember him. Therefore My heart yearns for him; I have great compassion for him,” declares the LORD.Luke 15:20So he got up and went to his father. But while he was still in the distance, his father saw him and was filled with compassion. He ran to his son, embraced him, and kissed him.2 Kings 13:23But the LORD was gracious to Israel and had compassion on them, and He turned toward them because of His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. And to this day, the LORD has been unwilling to destroy them or cast them from His presence.Lamentations 3:22Because of the loving devotion of the LORD we are not consumed, for His mercies never fail.2 Samuel 12:13Then David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the LORD.” “The LORD has taken away your sin,” Nathan replied. “You will not die.Exodus 2:23After a long time, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned and cried out under their burden of slavery, and their cry for deliverance from bondage ascended to God.Psalms 106:45And He remembered His covenant with them, and relented by the abundance of His loving devotion.Micah 7:19He will again have compassion on us; He will vanquish our iniquities. You will cast out all our sins into the depths of the sea.

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People Mourn over the Destruction of Jerusalem — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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