Lamentations 5:21
Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.
Revised Version 1895
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 forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time?
22But thou hast utterly rejected us, thou art very wroth against us.
Cross References
1 Kings 18:37Hear me, O LORD, hear me, that this people may know that thou, LORD, art God, and that thou hast turned their heart back again.
Psalms 80:7Turn us again, O God of hosts; and cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.
Psalms 85:4Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine indignation toward us to cease.
Jeremiah 31:4Again will I build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel: again shalt thou be adorned with thy tabrets, and shalt go forth in the dances of them that make merry.
Jeremiah 31:23Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Yet again shall they use this speech in the land of Judah and in the cities thereof, when I shall bring again their captivity: The LORD bless thee, O habitation of justice, O mountain of holiness.
Jeremiah 33:10Thus saith the LORD: Yet again there shall be heard in this place, whereof ye say, It is waste, without man and without beast, even in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, that are desolate, without man and without 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 →