Lamentations 5:21
Bring us back, O Yahweh, unto thyself, and we will come back! Renew our days, as of old;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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 shouldst thou perpetually forget us? forsake us, to length of days?
22For though thou hast not, utterly rejected, us, thou art wroth with us—exceedingly!
Cross References
1 Kings 18:37Answer me, O Yahweh! answer me, That this people may know, that, thou—Yahweh, art GOD,—so shalt, thou thyself, have turned their heart back again.
Psalms 80:7O God of hosts, bring us back, And light up thy face, That we may be saved.
Psalms 85:4Restore us, O God of our salvation, And take away thy vexation towards us.
Jeremiah 31:4Again, will I build thee and thou shalt be built, thou virgin, Israel,—Again, shalt thou deck thyself with thy timbrels, And go forth in the dance of them that make merry:
Jeremiah 31:23Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts, God of Israel, Again, shall they say this word, in the land of Judah and in the cities thereof, when I cause their captivity to return, Yahweh, bless thee, Thou home of righteousness! Thou mountain of holiness!
Jeremiah 33:10Thus, saith Yahweh—Again, shall be heard in this place, as to which ye are saying, Deserted, it is without man or beast, In the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, Which are desolate without man or inhabitant or 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 →