Lamentations 5:22
Or is it that thou hast utterly rejected us? Wouldest thou be exceeding wroth against us?
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
But thou hast utterly rejected us; thou art very wroth against us.
In Context
21Turn thou us unto thee, Jehovah, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.
Cross References
Psalms 44:9But thou hast cast off, and put us to confusion, and dost not go forth with our armies;
Psalms 74:1{An instruction: of Asaph.} Why, O God, hast thou cast off for ever? [why] doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?
Isaiah 64:9Be not wroth very sore, O Jehovah, neither remember iniquity for ever. Behold, see, we beseech thee, we are all thy people.
Jeremiah 14:19Hast thou then utterly rejected Judah? Doth thy soul loathe Zion? Why hast thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? Peace is looked for, and there is no good, and a time of healing, and behold terror!
Ezekiel 24:13In thy filthiness is lewdness, for I have purged thee, and thou art not pure. Thou shalt no more be purged from thy filthiness, till I have satisfied my fury upon thee.
Hosea 1:6And she conceived again, and bore a daughter. And he said unto him, Call her name Lo-ruhamah; for I will no more have mercy upon the house of Israel, so that I should pardon them.
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 →