Lamentations 5:20

Lamentations 5:20 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time?
• New International Version (NIV)Why do you always forget us? Why do you forsake us so long?
• English Standard Version (ESV)Why do you forget us forever, why do you forsake us for so many days?
• New King James Version (NKJV)Why do You forget us forever, And forsake us for so long a time?

Context of Lamentations 5:20

18As for Mount Zion, which lies desolate, Foxes and the jackals prowl over it. 19But You, O Lord, reign forever; Your throne endures from generation to [all] generations. Why do You forget us forever? Why do You forsake us so long? 21Return us to You, O Lord, so that we may be restored; Renew our days as of old, 22Unless You have utterly rejected us And are exceedingly angry with us.

Lamentations 5:20 word by word

לָ֤מָּה לָנֶ֙צַח֙ תִּשְׁכָּחֵ֔נוּ תַּֽעַזְבֵ֖נוּ לְאֹ֥רֶךְ יָמִֽים׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Wherefore dost thou forgetשָׁכַחshâkach shâkêach · to forgetH7911
• us for everנֵ֫צַחnetsach nêtsach · perpetuityH5331
• forsakeעָזַב‛âzab · to leave: forsakeH5800
• us so longאֹ֫רֶךְ'ôrek · lengthH753
• timeיוֹםyôm · dayH3117

Cross-references for Lamentations 5:20

• Psalms 13:1How long, O Lord? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me?
• Psalms 44:24Why do You hide Your face And forget our affliction and our oppression?
• Psalms 74:1O God, why have You rejected us forever? Why does Your anger smoke against the sheep of Your pasture?
• Psalms 77:7Will the Lord reject forever? And will He never be favorable again?
• Psalms 79:5How long, O Lord? Will You be angry forever? Will Your jealousy [which cannot endure a divided allegiance] burn like fire?
• Psalms 85:5Will You be angry with us forever? Will You prolong Your anger to all generations?
• Psalms 89:46How long, O Lord? Will You hide Yourself forever? Will Your wrath burn like fire?
• Psalms 94:3O Lord, how long will the wicked, How long will the wicked rejoice in triumph?
• Isaiah 64:9Do not be angry beyond measure, O Lord, Do not remember our wickedness [our sin, our injustice, our wrongdoing] forever. Now look, consider, for we are all Your people.
• Jeremiah 14:19Have You [O Lord] completely rejected Judah? Do You loathe Zion? Why have You stricken us so that there is no healing for us? We looked for peace and completeness, but nothing good came; And [we hoped] for a time of healing, but behold, terror!

Commentaries on Lamentations 5:20

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 17-22Verses 17-22 The people of God express deep concern for the ruins of the temple, more than for any other of their calamities. But whatever changes there are on earth, God is still the same, and remains for ever wise and holy, just and good; with Him there is no variableness nor shadow of turning. They earnestly pray to God for mercy and grace; Turn us to thee, O Lord. God never leaves any till they first leave him; if he turns them to him in a way of…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-22This chapter is a sincere prayer asking for restoration (compare Daniel 9:4–19).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2020. for ever--that is, for "so long a time."Read the comment

Topics related to Lamentations 5:20

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Doubting
• Patriotism

In the dictionaries

• Crown
• Persecution
• Acrostic
• Lamentations, Book of
• Poetry, Hebrew

Commentaries on Lamentations 5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings