"For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men. {willingly: Heb. from his heart}" — Lamentations 3:33

Lamentations 3:33 · KJV

“For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men. {willingly: Heb. from his heart}”

— Lamentations 3:33

Verse 32

But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies.

Verse 34

To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth,

Lamentations 3 — Context

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. {willingly: Heb. from his heart}

To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth,

To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High, {the most High: or, a superior}

Cross References

Ezekiel 33:11

Say unto them, {As} I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?

Ezekiel 18:32

For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord GOD: wherefore turn {yourselves}, and live ye. {yourselves: or, others}

Hebrews 12:9-10

Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected {us}, and we gave {them} reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?

Isaiah 28:21

For the LORD shall rise up as {in} mount Perazim, he shall be wroth as {in} the valley of Gibeon, that he may do his work, his strange work; and bring to pass his act, his strange act.