Lamentations 5:20
Why do thou forget us forever, [and] forsake us so long time?
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time?
In Context
19Thou, O LORD, abide forever. Thy throne is from generation to generation.
21Turn thou us back to thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned back. Renew our days as of old.
Cross References
Psalms 13:1How long, O LORD? Will thou forget me forever? How long will thou hide thy face from me?
Psalms 42:10As with a sword in my bones, my adversaries reproach me; while they continually say to me, Where is thy God?
Psalms 74:1O God, why have thou cast off forever? Why does thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?
Psalms 79:5How long, O LORD? will thou be angry forever? Shall thy jealousy burn like fire?
Psalms 89:46How long, O LORD? Will thou hide thyself forever? Shall thy wrath burn like fire?
Isaiah 49:14But Zion said, LORD has forsaken me, and LORD has forgotten me.
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 →