The Meaning of Lamentations 3:31 Explained

Lamentations 3:31

KJV: For the Lord will not cast off for ever:

YLT: For the Lord doth not cast off to the age.

Darby: For the Lord will not cast off for ever;

ASV: For the Lord will not cast off for ever.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

For the Lord  will not cast off  for ever: 

What does Lamentations 3:31 Mean?

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 3:31 mean?

For not will cast off forever the Lord
כִּ֣י לֹ֥א יִזְנַ֛ח לְעוֹלָ֖ם אֲדֹנָֽי

יִזְנַ֛ח  will  cast  off 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: זָנַח 
Sense: to cast off, reject, spurn.
לְעוֹלָ֖ם  forever 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular
Root: עֹולָם  
Sense: long duration, antiquity, futurity, for ever, ever, everlasting, evermore, perpetual, old, ancient, world.
אֲדֹנָֽי  the  Lord 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: אֲדֹנָי  
Sense: my lord, lord.