He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him.(Lamentations 3:28)

He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.(Lamentations 3:29)

He giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with reproach.(Lamentations 3:30)

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.(Lamentations 3:32)

For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men.(Lamentations 3:33)

To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth.(Lamentations 3:34)

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Lamentations 3:31 - Cross Reference

Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be favourable no more? (Psalm 77:7)

For the LORD will not forsake his people for his great name's sake: because it hath pleased the LORD to make you his people. (1 Samuel 12:22)

Considerest thou not what this people have spoken, saying, The two families which the LORD hath chosen, he hath even cast them off? thus they have despised my people, that they should be no more a nation before them. (Jeremiah 33:24)

For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee. (Isaiah 54:7)

Thus saith the LORD; If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I will also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, saith the LORD. (Jeremiah 31:37)

The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy. (Psalm 103:8)

I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. (Romans 11:1)

For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth: for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls which I have made. (Isaiah 57:16)

Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy. (Micah 7:18)

And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me. (Jeremiah 32:40)

For the LORD will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance. (Psalm 94:14)