The Meaning of Lamentations 3:22 Explained

Lamentations 3:22

KJV: It is of the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.

YLT: The kindnesses of Jehovah! For we have not been consumed, For not ended have His mercies.

Darby: It is of Jehovah's loving-kindness we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not;

ASV: It is of Jehovah's lovingkindnesses that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

[It is of] the LORD'S  mercies  that we are not consumed,  because his compassions  fail  not. 

What does Lamentations 3:22 Mean?

Verse Meaning

The prophet remembered that the Lord"s loyal love (Heb. hesed) never ceases and that He is ceaselessly compassionate.

Chapter Summary: Lamentations 3

1  The prophet bewails his own calamities
22  By the mercies of God, he nourishes his hope
37  He acknowledges God's justice
55  He prays for deliverance
64  And vengeance on his enemies

What do the individual words in Lamentations 3:22 mean?

[Through] the mercies of Yahweh that not we are consumed because fail His compassions
חַֽסְדֵ֤י יְהוָה֙ כִּ֣י לֹא־ תָ֔מְנוּ כִּ֥י כָל֖וּ רַחֲמָֽיו

חַֽסְדֵ֤י  [Through]  the  mercies 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: חֶסֶד 
Sense: goodness, kindness, faithfulness.
יְהוָה֙  of  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
כִּ֣י  that 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: כִּי 
Sense: that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since.
תָ֔מְנוּ  we  are  consumed 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, first person common plural
Root: תָּמַם  
Sense: to be complete, be finished, be at an end.
כִּ֥י  because 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: כִּי 
Sense: that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since.
כָל֖וּ  fail 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person common plural
Root: כָּלָה  
Sense: to accomplish, cease, consume, determine, end, fail, finish, be complete, be accomplished, be ended, be at an end, be finished, be spent.
רַחֲמָֽיו  His  compassions 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine singular
Root: רַחַם 
Sense: womb.