It is of the LORD’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
We are kept from being destroyed only because of the Lord's mercies, because His compassions never fail. His compassions are new every morning and fresh every evening, and His great faithfulness continues day after day and year after year. While probation lasts He bears long and patiently with sin, neglect, ingratitude and disobedience, withholding deserved destruction and sending reproofs, warnings, instruction and messengers to lead wrongdoers to repentance. His loving care is seen in daily blessings, protection, health and salvation, and even in difficulties suited to fallen human need that can develop patience, industry, perseverance and courage. Because mercy is renewed daily and our debt to God grows with every new favor, we are to depend on Him, thank and praise Him, keep appetite and daily work under obligation to glorify Him, and bear patiently with one another in kindness and tenderness.
Meaning and Historical Setting
It is only because of the Lord's mercies that people are not consumed, because His compassions do not fail. That unfailing compassion withholds deserved destruction from sinners even when they have left His ordinances, neglected righteous principles, and answered with self-vindication, and keeps giving reproofs, warnings, instruction, and messengers to correct wrong. It bears patiently with neglect, ingratitude, and disobedience rather than at once withdrawing blessing, and it preserves life amid judgment and gives daily blessings such as health. His compassions are new every morning and fresh every evening, and His great faithfulness continues day after day and year after year. He multiplies mercy fresh every morning and new every evening, daily loading with benefits and crowning with lovingkindness and tender mercies, so that He is good and greatly to be praised.
In Jeremiah's tribulation and sorrow, remembering God's past care turns despair into hope. That remembrance shows God remains faithful, and His mercy gives reason to hope in Him. Amid the ruin of Zion and the carrying of the people captive to Babylon for turning from the counsels of Jehovah to human wisdom, the declaration expresses absolute faith that God's mercies keep His people from utter destruction. It affirms confidence in God's eternal purpose to bring order out of confusion and to demonstrate His justice and love to the nations of earth and to the entire universe.
For Hezekiah in mortal sickness, the unfailing compassion meant the Lord heard his prayer and saw his tears and responded with mercy. He promised to heal him and to restore him so he could go up to the house of the Lord on the third day. He added fifteen years to his life. He delivered him and Jerusalem from the king of Assyria and defended the city for His own sake and for David's sake, giving assurance, hope, mercy, and protecting care.
God's Unfailing Patient Mercy
God's long-suffering compassion does not fail during probationary time. Throughout that time His Spirit entreats people to accept life as a gift. It is only of the Lord's mercies that sinners are not consumed, because His compassions fail not, are new every morning, and great is His faithfulness, so He withholds deserved destruction. Even when His people have gone away from His ordinances, neglected righteous principles, and answered with self-vindication, He keeps giving reproofs, warnings, instruction, and messengers to correct wrong, grounding the call to return unto Him and He will return unto them.
His mercy and compassion do not fail even when people sin against Him through neglect, ingratitude, and disobedience, and His pity for sinners is greater than the harshness people often show one another. He is merciful toward human weakness and erring, bearing long and patiently with human failings rather than immediately withdrawing blessings or displaying wrath. He uses warnings, loss, and affliction to lead wrongdoers to repentance and to the Saviour. If they remain fruitless and refuse these appeals, He finally cuts them down.
His loving care appears in daily blessings, protection, love, and health, preserved day after day and year after year by unfailing faithfulness. His gift of salvation brings daily refreshment and guides in the way of peace. His benefits are renewed daily and call for gratitude, praise, and acknowledgment of dependence rather than forgetfulness. Difficulties that appear as disguised inconveniences are also of His care, suited to fallen human needs and able to develop patience, industry, perseverance, and courage.
Grateful Response in Life
It is of the Lord's mercies that sinners are not consumed, because His compassions fail not, they are new every morning, and great is His faithfulness, and remembering His past care turns tribulation and sorrow and despair into hope, for God remains faithful and gives reason to hope in Him. Amid ruin and captivity brought by turning from divine counsels to human wisdom, His mercies keep His people from utter destruction, expressing absolute faith that His eternal purpose will bring order out of confusion and demonstrate His justice and love to the nations and the entire universe. That unfailing mercy withholds deserved destruction and keeps giving reproofs, warnings, instruction, and messengers to correct wrong even when His people have left His ordinances, neglected righteous principles, and answered with self-vindication, and it grounds confident pleading in behalf of those who might turn from evil to righteousness and the proclamation, Return unto me, and I will return unto you.
Because preservation from destruction is due to unfailing compassions renewed every morning and fresh every evening, continuing day after day and year after year, debt to God daily increases with new favors, daily loading with benefits and crowning with lovingkindness and tender mercies. These continual mercies include daily blessings, protection, love, health, and the gift of salvation that brings daily refreshment and guides in the way of peace, giving continual reason to depend on Him, gratefully acknowledge His goodness, and thank and praise Him for His favors rather than forget Him, for He is good and greatly to be praised for this daily renewal. That preservation grounds all obligation to serve Him in redemption, so natural appetites must be kept under control, and eating, dressing, and working must be done as those obligated to God and bound to glorify Him in all things.
God bears patiently with human failings, neglect, ingratitude, disobedience, weakness and erring, and His pity for sinners is greater than the harshness people often show one another. His long-suffering should lead people to bear patiently with one another's faults and to treat those who are wrong with kindness, love, patience, and tenderness while plainly reproving them, rather than with criticism, resentment, harsh demands, or harshness. He is very gracious and His loving-kindness never fails, proving it by answering prayer again and again for weak eyesight, and this unfailing mercy is reason to keep urging petitions to the throne of grace until an answer comes.
We are kept from being destroyed only because of the Lord's mercies, because His compassions never fail. His compassions are new every morning and fresh every evening, and His great faithfulness continues day after day and year after year. While probation lasts He bears long and patiently with sin, neglect, ingratitude and disobedience, withholding deserved destruction and sending reproofs, warnings, instruction and messengers to lead wrongdoers to repentance. His loving care is seen in daily blessings, protection, health and salvation, and even in difficulties suited to fallen human need that can develop patience, industry, perseverance and courage. Because mercy is renewed daily and our debt to God grows with every new favor, we are to depend on Him, thank and praise Him, keep appetite and daily work under obligation to glorify Him, and bear patiently with one another in kindness and tenderness.
Meaning and Historical Setting
It is only because of the Lord's mercies that people are not consumed, because His compassions do not fail. That unfailing compassion withholds deserved destruction from sinners even when they have left His ordinances, neglected righteous principles, and answered with self-vindication, and keeps giving reproofs, warnings, instruction, and messengers to correct wrong. It bears patiently with neglect, ingratitude, and disobedience rather than at once withdrawing blessing, and it preserves life amid judgment and gives daily blessings such as health. His compassions are new every morning and fresh every evening, and His great faithfulness continues day after day and year after year. He multiplies mercy fresh every morning and new every evening, daily loading with benefits and crowning with lovingkindness and tender mercies, so that He is good and greatly to be praised.
In Jeremiah's tribulation and sorrow, remembering God's past care turns despair into hope. That remembrance shows God remains faithful, and His mercy gives reason to hope in Him. Amid the ruin of Zion and the carrying of the people captive to Babylon for turning from the counsels of Jehovah to human wisdom, the declaration expresses absolute faith that God's mercies keep His people from utter destruction. It affirms confidence in God's eternal purpose to bring order out of confusion and to demonstrate His justice and love to the nations of earth and to the entire universe.
For Hezekiah in mortal sickness, the unfailing compassion meant the Lord heard his prayer and saw his tears and responded with mercy. He promised to heal him and to restore him so he could go up to the house of the Lord on the third day. He added fifteen years to his life. He delivered him and Jerusalem from the king of Assyria and defended the city for His own sake and for David's sake, giving assurance, hope, mercy, and protecting care.
God's Unfailing Patient Mercy
God's long-suffering compassion does not fail during probationary time. Throughout that time His Spirit entreats people to accept life as a gift. It is only of the Lord's mercies that sinners are not consumed, because His compassions fail not, are new every morning, and great is His faithfulness, so He withholds deserved destruction. Even when His people have gone away from His ordinances, neglected righteous principles, and answered with self-vindication, He keeps giving reproofs, warnings, instruction, and messengers to correct wrong, grounding the call to return unto Him and He will return unto them.
His mercy and compassion do not fail even when people sin against Him through neglect, ingratitude, and disobedience, and His pity for sinners is greater than the harshness people often show one another. He is merciful toward human weakness and erring, bearing long and patiently with human failings rather than immediately withdrawing blessings or displaying wrath. He uses warnings, loss, and affliction to lead wrongdoers to repentance and to the Saviour. If they remain fruitless and refuse these appeals, He finally cuts them down.
His loving care appears in daily blessings, protection, love, and health, preserved day after day and year after year by unfailing faithfulness. His gift of salvation brings daily refreshment and guides in the way of peace. His benefits are renewed daily and call for gratitude, praise, and acknowledgment of dependence rather than forgetfulness. Difficulties that appear as disguised inconveniences are also of His care, suited to fallen human needs and able to develop patience, industry, perseverance, and courage.
Grateful Response in Life
It is of the Lord's mercies that sinners are not consumed, because His compassions fail not, they are new every morning, and great is His faithfulness, and remembering His past care turns tribulation and sorrow and despair into hope, for God remains faithful and gives reason to hope in Him. Amid ruin and captivity brought by turning from divine counsels to human wisdom, His mercies keep His people from utter destruction, expressing absolute faith that His eternal purpose will bring order out of confusion and demonstrate His justice and love to the nations and the entire universe. That unfailing mercy withholds deserved destruction and keeps giving reproofs, warnings, instruction, and messengers to correct wrong even when His people have left His ordinances, neglected righteous principles, and answered with self-vindication, and it grounds confident pleading in behalf of those who might turn from evil to righteousness and the proclamation, Return unto me, and I will return unto you.
Because preservation from destruction is due to unfailing compassions renewed every morning and fresh every evening, continuing day after day and year after year, debt to God daily increases with new favors, daily loading with benefits and crowning with lovingkindness and tender mercies. These continual mercies include daily blessings, protection, love, health, and the gift of salvation that brings daily refreshment and guides in the way of peace, giving continual reason to depend on Him, gratefully acknowledge His goodness, and thank and praise Him for His favors rather than forget Him, for He is good and greatly to be praised for this daily renewal. That preservation grounds all obligation to serve Him in redemption, so natural appetites must be kept under control, and eating, dressing, and working must be done as those obligated to God and bound to glorify Him in all things.
God bears patiently with human failings, neglect, ingratitude, disobedience, weakness and erring, and His pity for sinners is greater than the harshness people often show one another. His long-suffering should lead people to bear patiently with one another's faults and to treat those who are wrong with kindness, love, patience, and tenderness while plainly reproving them, rather than with criticism, resentment, harsh demands, or harshness. He is very gracious and His loving-kindness never fails, proving it by answering prayer again and again for weak eyesight, and this unfailing mercy is reason to keep urging petitions to the throne of grace until an answer comes.