Klagelieder 3:21

21 Dies will ich mir zu Herzen nehmen, darum will ich hoffen:

Klagelieder 3:21 Meaning and Commentary

Lamentations 3:21

This I recall to my mind
Not affliction and misery, but the Lord's remembrance of his people; what he had been used to do, and would do again; and particularly what follows, the abundant mercy of God, and his great faithfulness; these things the prophet fetched back to his mind; and revolved them in his heart; says he, and therefore have I hope;
this revived his hope, which he was ready to say was perished from the Lord, and there was no foundation for it; but now he saw there was, and therefore took heart, and encouraged himself in the grace and mercy of God.

Klagelieder 3:21 In-Context

19 Gedenke meines Elends und meines Umherirrens, des Wermuts und der Bitterkeit!
20 Beständig denkt meine Seele daran und ist niedergebeugt in mir.
21 Dies will ich mir zu Herzen nehmen, darum will ich hoffen:
22 Es sind die Gütigkeiten Jehovas, daß wir nicht aufgerieben sind; denn seine Erbarmungen sind nicht zu Ende;
23 sie sind alle Morgen neu, deine Treue ist groß.
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