Lamentations 5:22
Thou canst not have utterly rejected us, and be exceeding wroth against us!
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
But thou hast utterly rejected us; thou art very wroth against us.
In Context
21Turn Thou us unto Thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.
Cross References
Psalms 44:9(44-10) Yet Thou hast cast off, and brought us to confusion; and goest not forth with our hosts.
Psalms 74:1Maschil of Asaph. Why, O God, hast Thou cast us off for ever? Why doth Thine anger smoke against the flock of Thy pasture?
Isaiah 64:9(64-8) Be not wroth very sore, O LORD, neither remember iniquity for ever; behold, look, we beseech Thee, we are all Thy people.
Jeremiah 14:19Hast Thou utterly rejected Judah? Hath Thy soul loathed Zion? Why hast Thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of healing, and behold terror!
Ezekiel 24:13Because of thy filthy lewdness, because I have purged thee and thou wast not purged, thou shalt not be purged from thy filthiness any more, 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 compassion upon the house of Israel, that I should in any wise 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 →