Lamentations 5:21
Make us come back to you, O Lord, and let us be turned; make our days new again as in the past.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.
In Context
20Why have we gone from your memory for ever? why have you been turned away from us for so long?
22But you have quite given us up; you are full of wrath against us.
Cross References
1 Kings 18:37Give me an answer, O Lord, give me an answer, so that this people may see that you are God, and that you have made their hearts come back again.
Psalms 80:7\80:6\You make us a cause of war among our neighbours; our haters are laughing at us among themselves.
Psalms 85:4\85:3\You were no longer angry: you were turned from the heat of your wrath.
Jeremiah 31:4I will again make new your buildings, O virgin of Israel, and you will take up your place: again you will take up your instruments of music, and go out in the dances of those who are glad.
Jeremiah 31:23So the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said, Again will these words be used in the land of Judah and in its towns, when I have let their fate be changed: May the blessing of the Lord be on you, O resting-place of righteousness, O holy mountain.
Jeremiah 33:10This is what the Lord has said: There will again be sounding in this place, of which you say, It is a waste, without man and without beast; even in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem which are waste and unpeopled, without man and without beast,
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 →