Lamentations 5:21
Convert us, O Lord, to you, and we shall be converted. Renew our days, as from the beginning.
Catholic Public Domain Version
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 would you forget us forever? Why would you forsake us for a long time?
22But you have utterly rejected us; you are vehemently angry against us.
Cross References
1 Kings 18:37Heed me, O Lord, heed me, so that this people may learn that you are the Lord God, and that you have converted their heart again.”
Psalms 80:7He turned the burdens away from his back. His hands had been a slave to baskets.
Psalms 85:4Give joy to the soul of your servant, for I have lifted up my soul to you, Lord.
Jeremiah 31:4And I will build you up again. And you shall be built up, O virgin of Israel. Still shall you be adorned with your timbrels, and still shall you go forth to the singing of those who play.
Jeremiah 31:23Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: “Still they will speak this word in the land of Judah, and in its cities, when I will convert their captivity: ‘May the Lord bless you, the beauty of justice, the holy mountain.’
Jeremiah 33:10Thus says the Lord: Still shall there be heard in this place, (which you say is desolate, because there is neither man nor beast,) and in the cities of Judah and outside of Jerusalem, (which are desolate, without man, and without an inhabitant and without cattle,)
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 →