Lamentations 5:20
Why have we gone from your memory for ever? why have you been turned away from us for so long?
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time?
In Context
19You, O Lord, are seated as King for ever; the seat of your power is eternal.
21Make us come back to you, O Lord, and let us be turned; make our days new again as in the past.
Cross References
Psalms 13:1To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David. Will you for ever put me out of your memory, O Lord? will your face for ever be turned away from me?
Psalms 42:10\42:9\I will say to God my Rock, Why have you let me go from your memory? why do I go in sorrow because of the attacks of my haters?
Psalms 74:1Maschil. Of Asaph. Of God, why have you put us away from you for ever? why is the fire of your wrath smoking against the sheep who are your care?
Psalms 79:5How long, O Lord? will you be angry for ever? will your wrath go on burning like fire?
Psalms 89:46\89:45\You have made him old before his time; he is covered with shame. (Selah.)
Isaiah 49:14But Zion said, The Lord has given me up, I have gone from his memory.
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 →