Lamentations 5:20
Why do you forget us forever? 1 Why do you forsake us for so many days? 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time?
In Context
19But you, Yahweh, reign forever, 1 and you will sit upon your throne from generation to generation. 1
21Restore us to yourself, Yahweh, and we will be restored. 1 Renew our days as they were long ago— 1
Cross References
Psalms 13:1How long, Yahweh, will you keep forgetting about me? 1 How long will you hide your face from me? 1
Psalms 42:10As with a sword in my bones, my adversaries rebuke me, 1 while they always say to me, “Where is your God?” 1
Psalms 74:1God, why have you rejected us forever? 1 Why does your anger burn against the sheep of your pasture? 1
Psalms 79:5How long, Yahweh? Will you stay angry forever? 1 How long will your jealous anger burn like fire? 1
Psalms 89:46How long, Yahweh? Will you hide yourself, forever? 1 How long will your anger burn like fire? 1
Isaiah 49:14But Zion said, “Yahweh has forsaken me, and the Lord has forgotten me.” 1
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 →