What do you think of Lamentations 3:31-33?

[jesus lover]

Bible Gateway passage: Lamentations 3:31-33 - King James Version

For the LORD will not cast off for ever: But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies. For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men.

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Lamentations 3:31-33

King James Version

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31 For the Lord will not cast off for ever:
32 But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies.
33 For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men.
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[BruceLeiter]

@jesus lover, context is always the key to understanding any passage. All of Lamentations is Jeremiah's lament or complaint done in faith about the exile of Judah to Babylon. God also inspired Jeremiah to share the hopeful prophecy that seventy years after their exile, they would return to the promised land. Thus, God's justice against Judah's idolatry would last only 7 decades.

Jer_29:10 “For thus says the LORD: When seventy years are completed for Babylon, I will visit you, and I will fulfill to you my promise and bring you back to this place.