Lamentations 5:21
Turn us again to thee, O Jehovah, that we may be restored! Renew our days as of old!
Noyes Bible
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
20Wherefore dost thou wholly forget us, And abandon us, for so long a time?
22For shouldst thou utterly reject us? Shouldst thou be so exceedingly wroth against us?
Cross References
Psalms 80:7Bring us back, O God of hosts! And cause thy face to shine that we may be saved!
Psalms 85:4Restore us, O God of our salvation! And let thine anger towards us cease!
Jeremiah 31:4Again will I build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel! Again shalt thou adorn thy tabrets, And go forth in the dance of them that make merry.
Jeremiah 31:23Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Again shall they say in the land of Judah, And in the cities thereof, when I bring back their captives, “May Jehovah bless thee, O habitation of justice, O holy mountain!”
Jeremiah 33:10Thus saith Jehovah: Yet again shall be heard in this place, Of which ye say, “It is desolate, without man and without beast,” In the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, Which are desolate, without man, Even without an 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 →