Lamentations 3:22

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

ח(Khet) The LORD’s loyal kindness never ceases; his compassions never end.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

חַֽסְדֵ֤י יְהוָה֙ כִּ֣י לֹא־תָ֔מְנוּ כִּ֥י לֹא־כָל֖וּ רַחֲמָֽיו׃

Transliteration

ḥasdê YHWH that not tāmnû that not kālû raḥămāyw

Grammar Details

• *ḥasdê*: noun, masculine plural construct - lovingkindnesses of
• *YHWH*: proper noun - Yahweh/LORD
• *tāmnû*: verb, qal perfect, 1st person plural - we are consumed
• *kālû*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd person common plural - they are finished
• *raḥămāyw*: noun, masculine plural construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his compassions

Word Meanings

• *ḥasdê*: lovingkindnesses of/mercies of/steadfast love of
• *tāmnû*: we are consumed/we are cut off/we are ended
• *kālû*: they are finished/they are ended/they are spent
• *raḥămāyw*: his compassions/his tender mercies

Referenced Verses

• Ps 86:15 : 15 But you, O Lord, are a compassionate and merciful God. You are patient and demonstrate great loyal love and faithfulness.
• Ps 78:38 : 38 Yet he is compassionate. He forgives sin and does not destroy. He often holds back his anger, and does not stir up his fury.
• Mal 3:6 : 6 Resistance to the Lord through Selfishness“Since, I, the LORD, do not go back on my promises, you, sons of Jacob, have not perished.
• Luke 1:50 : 50 from generation to generation he is merciful to those who fear him.
• Ps 106:45 : 45 He remembered his covenant with them, and relented because of his great loyal love.
• Neh 9:31 : 31 However, due to your abundant mercy you did not do away with them altogether; you did not abandon them. For you are a merciful and compassionate God.
• Ezra 9:13-15 : 13 “Everything that has happened to us has come about because of our wicked actions and our great guilt. Even so, our God, you have exercised restraint toward our iniquities and have given us a remnant such as this. 14 Shall we once again break your commandments and intermarry with these abominable peoples? Would you not be so angered by us that you would wipe us out, with no survivor or remnant? 15 O LORD God of Israel, you are righteous, for we are left as a remnant this day. Indeed, we stand before you in our guilt. However, because of this guilt no one can really stand before you.”
• Ezek 20:8-9 : 8 But they rebelled against me, and refused to listen to me; no one got rid of their detestable idols, nor did they abandon the idols of Egypt. Then I decided to pour out my rage on them and fully vent my anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt. 9 I acted for the sake of my reputation, so that I would not be profaned before the nations among whom they lived, before whom I revealed myself by bringing them out of the land of Egypt.
• Mic 7:18-19 : 18 Who is a God like you? Who forgives sin and pardons the rebellion of those who remain among his people? Who does not stay angry forever, but delights in showing loyal love? 19 Who will once again have mercy on us? Who will conquer our evil deeds? Who will hurl all our sins into the depths of the sea?
• Ezek 20:13-14 : 13 But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness; they did not follow my statutes and they rejected my regulations(the one who obeys them will live by them), and they utterly desecrated my Sabbaths. So I decided to pour out my rage on them in the wilderness and destroy them. 14 I acted for the sake of my reputation, so that I would not be profaned before the nations in whose sight I had brought them out.
• Ezra 9:8-9 : 8 “But now briefly we have received mercy from the LORD our God, in that he has left us a remnant and has given us a secure position in his holy place. Thus our God has enlightened our eyes and has given us a little relief in our time of servitude. 9 Although we are slaves, our God has not abandoned us in our servitude. He has extended kindness to us in the sight of the kings of Persia, in that he has revived us to restore the temple of our God and to raise up its ruins and to give us a protective wall in Judah and Jerusalem.
• Ps 77:8 : 8 Has his loyal love disappeared forever? Has his promise failed forever?
• Ezek 20:21-22 : 21 “‘But the children rebelled against me, did not follow my statutes, did not observe my regulations by carrying them out(the one who obeys them will live by them), and desecrated my Sabbaths. I decided to pour out my rage on them and fully vent my anger against them in the wilderness. 22 But I refrained from doing so, and acted instead for the sake of my reputation, so that I would not be profaned before the nations in whose sight I had brought them out.