Lamentations 5:21

Convert us, O Lord, to thee, and we shall be converted: renew our days, as from the beginning.

Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner, 1752)

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 wilt thou forget us for ever? why wilt thou forsake us for a long time?

22But thou hast utterly rejected us, thou art exceedingly angry with us. THE PROPHECY OF BARUCH BARUCH was a man of noble extraction, and learned in the law, secretary and disciple to the prophet JEREMIAS, and a sharer in his labours and persecutions: which is the reason why the ancient fathers have considered this book as a part of the prophecy of JEREMIAS, and have usually quoted it under his name.

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Cross References

1 Kings 18:37Dear me, O Lord, hear me: that this people may learn that thou art the Lord God, and that thou hast turned their heart again.

Psalms 80:7He removed his back from the burdens: his hands had served in baskets.

Psalms 85:4Give joy to the soul of thy servant, for to thee, O Lord, I have lifted up my soul.

Jeremiah 31:4And I will build thee again, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel: thou shalt again be adorned with thy timbrels, and shalt go forth in the dances of them that make merry.

Jeremiah 31:23Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: As yet shall they say this word in the land of Juda, and in the cities thereof, when I shall bring back their captivity: The Lord bless thee, the beauty of justice, the holy mountain.

Jeremiah 33:10Thus saith the Lord: There shall be heard again in this place (which you say is desolate, because there is neither man nor beast: in the cities of Juda, and without Jerusalem, which are desolate without man, and without inhabitant, 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 →

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