Lamentations 5:19
Thou, O LORD, abide forever. Thy throne is from generation to generation.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Thou, O LORD, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to generation.
In Context
18for the mountain of Zion, which is desolate. The foxes walk upon it.
20Why do thou forget us forever, [and] forsake us so long time?
Cross References
Psalms 9:7but LORD will endure forever. He has prepared his throne for judgment,
Psalms 29:10LORD sat [as King] at the Flood. Yea, LORD sits as King forever.
Psalms 90:2Before the mountains were brought forth, or thou had ever formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou are God.
Psalms 102:25Of old thou laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the work of thy hands.
Psalms 146:10LORD will reign forever, thy God, O Zion, to all generations. Praise ye LORD.
Daniel 7:14And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all the peoples, nations, and languages should serve him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be
Matthew Henry on Lamentations 5:18-22
Unchangeableness of God; Prayer for Mercy and Grace. ( b. c. 588.) 17 For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dim. 18 Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it. 19 Thou, O Lord , remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to generation. 20 Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time? 21 Turn thou us unto thee, O Lord , and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old. 22 But thou hast utterly rejected us; thou art very wroth against… Read the whole commentary →