Lamentations 3:31 Cross References - Rotherham

³¹ Surely My Lord, will not cast off, unto times age–abiding;

²² For Yahweh will not give up his people, because of his great name, for Yahweh was minded to make you his people.

⁷ For ages, will My Lord reject? And, not again, grant acceptance any more?

¹⁴ For Yahweh, will not abandon, his people, And, his inheritance, will he not forsake;

⁸ Compassionate and gracious, is Yahweh,––Slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness. ⁹ Not perpetually, will he contend, Nor age–abidingly, retain anger; ¹⁰ Not according to our sins, hath he dealt with us, Nor according to our iniquities, hath he treated us.

⁷ For a small moment, I forsook thee,––But, with abounding compassions, do I embrace thee: ⁸ In an overflow of vexation, I hid my face, for a moment, from thee, But, with lovingkindness age–abiding, have I had compassion on thee,––saith thy Redeemer, Yahweh. ⁹ For, the waters of Noah, is this unto me,––As to which I sware that the waters of Noah should not again pass over the earth, So, have I sworn, Not to be vexed with thee, Nor to rebuke thee. ¹⁰ For, the mountains, may move away, And, the hills, may be shaken,––But, my lovingkindness, from thee, shall not move away, And, my covenant of peace, shall not be shaken, Saith he who hath compassion upon thee––Yahweh.

¹⁶ For, not age–abidingly, will I contend, Nor perpetually, will I be wroth,––For, spirit, before me, would faint, Even, the breathing souls, which, I, had made.

³⁷ Thus, saith Yahweh––If the heavens above, can be measured, Or the foundations of the earth beneath, be searched out, I also, may reject all the seed of Israel, for all that they have done, Declareth Yahweh.

⁴⁰ And I will solemnise to them, an age–abiding covenant, That I will not turn away from following them, to do them good,––But, the reverence of myself, will I put in their heart, so that they shall not turn away from me.

²⁴ Hast thou not observed, what, this people, have spoken, saying, The two families which Yahweh did choose, he hath even cast them off? And so, my people, they despise, as though they could not again, become a nation in their sight!

¹⁸ Who is a GOD like unto thee, taking away the iniquity––and passing over the transgression––of the remnant of his inheritance? He hath not held fast, perpetually, his anger, for, one who delighteth in lovingkindness, is he!

¹ I say, then––Hath God cast off his people? Far be it! For, I also, am an Israelite,––of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin: ² God hath not cast off his people, whom he fore approved. Or know ye not, in [the account of] Elijah what the scripture saith, when he intercedeth with God against Israel? ³ Lord! Thy prophets, have they slain, thine altars, have they overthrown, and, I, am left alone, and they are seeking my life! ⁴ But what saith unto him the response? I have left for myself seven thousand men, who, indeed, have not bowed a knee unto Baal. ⁵ Thus, then, in the present season also, a remnant, by way of an election of favour, hath come into being. ⁶ If, however, by favour, no longer of works; else, favour, no longer proveth to be favour!