Lamentations 5:21
Turn you us unto you, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.
Updated King James Version
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 do you forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time?
22But you have utterly rejected us; you are very angry against us.
Cross References
1 Kings 18:37Hear me, O LORD, hear me, that this people may know that you are the LORD God, and that you have turned their heart back again.
Psalms 80:7Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause your face to shine; and we shall be saved.
Psalms 85:4Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause yours anger toward us to cease.
Jeremiah 31:4Again I will build you, and you shall be built, O virgin of Israel: you shall again be adorned with your timbrels, and shall go forth in the dances of them that make merry.
Jeremiah 31:23Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; As yet they shall use this speech in the land of Judah and in the cities thereof, when I shall bring again their captivity; The LORD bless you, O habitation of justice, and mountain of holiness.
Jeremiah 33:10Thus says the LORD; Again there shall be heard in this place, which all of you say shall be desolate 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 →