Lamentations 3:31-36 For the LORD will not cast off for ever:… Whoever will consider the state of the world and human experience cannot but conclude that God is more concerned to make men holy than happy; for many are able to rest in their sorrows for the sake of their use and end, but no one finds rest in unholy delights. In sinful pleasure God follows man with a scourge; in sorrow, with balm. (J. Pulsford.) Parallel Verses KJV: For the Lord will not cast off for ever: |