Christian Standard Bible
Lamentations 5:20
20Why do you continually forget us, abandon us for our entire lives?
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
18because of Mount Zion, which lies desolate and has jackals prowling in it. 19You, Lord, are enthroned forever; your throne endures from generation to generation. Why do you continually forget us, abandon us for our entire lives? 21Lord, bring us back to yourself, so we may return; renew our days as in former times, 22unless you have completely rejected us and are intensely angry with us.
Read all of Lamentations 5Lamentations 5:20 word by word
לָ֤מָּה לָנֶ֙צַח֙ תִּשְׁכָּחֵ֔נוּ תַּֽעַזְבֵ֖נוּ לְאֹ֥רֶךְ יָמִֽים׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Lamentations 5:20
- Psalms 13:1How long, Lord? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?
- Psalms 44:24Why do you hide and forget our affliction and oppression?
- Psalms 74:1Why have you rejected us forever, God? Why does your anger burn against the sheep of your pasture?
- Psalms 77:7“Will the Lord reject forever and never again show favor?
- Psalms 79:5How long, Lord? Will you be angry forever? Will your jealousy keep burning like fire?
- Psalms 85:5Will you be angry with us forever? Will you prolong your anger for all generations?
- Psalms 89:46How long, Lord? Will you hide forever? Will your anger keep burning like fire?
- Psalms 94:3Lord, how long will the wicked — how long will the wicked celebrate?
- Isaiah 64:9Lord, do not be terribly angry or remember our iniquity forever. Please look — all of us are your people!
- Jeremiah 14:19Have you completely rejected Judah? Do you detest Zion? Why do you strike us with no hope of healing for us? We hoped for peace, but there was nothing good; for a time of healing, but there was only 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
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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
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