Lamentations 5:20
So why have you forgotten us for such a long time? Why have you abandoned us for so many years?
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time?
In Context
19But you, Lord, live forever! You rule for all generations!
Cross References
Psalms 13:1How long, Lord, are you going to forget me? Forever? How long will you turn away from me?
Psalms 42:10The mocking of my attackers crushes my bones. They're always asking me, “Where is your God?”
Psalms 74:1God, why have you rejected us? Is it forever? Why does your anger burn so hot against the sheep of your own field?
Psalms 79:5How long, Lord? Will you be angry with us forever? Will your jealousy always burn like fire?
Psalms 89:46How long, Lord? Will you hide yourself from us forever, your anger burning like fire?
Isaiah 49:14But Zion said, “The Lord has given up on me; the Lord has forgotten about me.”
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 →