Lamentations 3:31

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

For the Lord will not cast off for ever:

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּ֣י לֹ֥א יִזְנַ֛ח לְעוֹלָ֖ם אֲדֹנָֽי׃

Transliteration

For not yiznaḥ forever ʾădōnāy

Grammar Details

• *yiznaḥ*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he rejects
• *ʾădōnāy*: noun, masculine singular construct with 1st person plural suffix - my Lord

Word Meanings

• *yiznaḥ*: he rejects/he casts away/he forsakes
• *ʾădōnāy*: my Lord/the Lord

Referenced Verses

• Ps 94:14 : 14 For the LORD will not cast off{H8799)} his people, neither will he forsake{H8799)} his inheritance.
• Ps 77:7 : 7 Will the Lord cast off{H8799)} for ever? and will{H8686)} he be favourable{H8800)} no more?
• Isa 54:7-9 : 7 For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee. 8 In 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. 9 For 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. 10 For 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 57:16 : 16 For 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.
• Jer 31:37 : 37 Thus 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 32:40 : 40 And 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 33:24 : 24 Considerest 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.
• Mic 7:18 : 18 Who 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.
• Rom 11:1-6 : 1 I 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. 2 God 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, 3 Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and digged down thine altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life. 4 But 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. 5 Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace. 6 And 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.
• 1 Sam 12:22 : 22 For the LORD will not forsake his people for his great name's sake: because it hath pleased the LORD to make you his people.
• Ps 103:8-9 : 8 The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy. 9 He will not always chide: neither will he keep his anger for ever. 10 He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.