Lamentations 5:21
Restore us to yourself, Yahweh, and we will be restored. 1 Renew our days as they were long ago— 1
Unlocked Literal 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
20Why do you forget us forever? 1 Why do you forsake us for so many days? 1
22unless you have utterly rejected us 1 and you are angry with us beyond measure. 1
Cross References
1 Kings 18:37Hear me, Yahweh, hear me, that these people may know that you, Yahweh, are God, and that you have turned their heart back again to yourself.”
Psalms 80:7God of hosts, restore us; 1 make your face shine on us, and we will be saved. 1
Psalms 85:4Restore us, God of our salvation, 1 and let go of your displeasure with us. 1
Jeremiah 31:4I will build you up again so you will be built, virgin Israel. 1 You will again pick up your tambourines and go out with happy dances. 1
Jeremiah 31:23Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, says this, “When I bring back the people to their land, they will say this in the land of Judah and its cities, 'May Yahweh bless you, you righteous place where he lives, you holy mountain.'
Jeremiah 33:10Yahweh says this, 'In this place about which you are now saying, “It is desolate, a place with neither man nor beast,” in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem that are desolate having neither man nor beast, there will be heard again
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 →