Lamentations 5:21
Restore us to you, Lord, and we shall be restored;renew our days as in former times,
New Heart English 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 keep on forgetting us?Why do you forsake us so long?
22unless you have completely rejected us andare angry with us beyond measure.
Cross References
1 Kings 18:37Hear me, Lord, hear me, that this people may know that you, Lord, are God, and that you have turned their heart back again."
Psalms 80:7Turn us again, God of Hosts.Cause your face to shine,and we will be saved.
Psalms 85:4Turn us, God of our salvation,and cause your indignation toward us to cease.
Jeremiah 31:4Again will I build you, and you shall be built, O virgin of Israel: again you shall be adorned with your tambourines, and shall go forth in the dances of those who make merry.
Jeremiah 31:23Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, "Yet again shall they use this speech in the land of Judah and in its cities, when I shall bring again their captivity: 'The Lord bless you, habitation of righteousness, mountain of holiness.'
Jeremiah 33:10"Thus says the Lord: 'Yet again there shall be heard in this place, about which you say, "It is waste, without man and without animal," even in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, that are desolate, without man and without inhabitant and without animal,
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 →