English Standard Version
Lamentations 5:19
19But you, O Lord, reign forever; your throne endures to all generations.
Lamentations 5:19 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Thou, O Lord, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to generation.
- New International Version (NIV)You, Lord, reign forever; your throne endures from generation to generation.
- New King James Version (NKJV)You, O Lord, remain forever; Your throne from generation to generation.
- New Living Translation (NLT)But Lord, you remain the same forever! Your throne continues from generation to generation.
Context of Lamentations 5:19
17For this our heart has become sick, for these things our eyes have grown dim, 18for Mount Zion which lies desolate; jackals prowl over it. But you, O Lord, reign forever; your throne endures to all generations. 20Why do you forget us forever, why do you forsake us for so many days? 21Restore us to yourself, O Lord, that we may be restored! Renew our days as of old—
Read all of Lamentations 5Lamentations 5:19 word by word
אַתָּ֤ה יְהוָה֙ לְעוֹלָ֣ם תֵּשֵׁ֔ב כִּסְאֲךָ֖ לְדֹ֥ר וָדֽוֹר׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Lamentations 5:19
- Deuteronomy 33:27The eternal God is your dwelling place, and underneath are the everlasting arms. And he thrust out the enemy before you and said, 'Destroy.'
- Psalms 9:7But the Lord sits enthroned forever; he has established his throne for justice,
- Psalms 10:16The Lord is king forever and ever; the nations perish from his land.
- Psalms 29:10The Lord sits enthroned over the flood; the Lord sits enthroned as king forever.
- Psalms 90:2Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever you had formed the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God.
- Psalms 102:12But you, O Lord, are enthroned forever; you are remembered throughout all generations.
- Habakkuk 1:12Are you not from everlasting, O Lord my God, my Holy One? We shall not die. O Lord, you have ordained them as a judgment, and you, O Rock, have established them for reproof.
- 1 Timothy 1:17To the King of the ages, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.
- 1 Timothy 6:15which he will display at the proper time—he who is the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of lords,
- Hebrews 1:10And, "You, Lord, laid the foundation of the earth in the beginning, and the heavens are the work of your hands;
- Hebrews 13:8Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
- Revelation 1:4John to the seven churches that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven spirits who are before his throne,
- Psalms 45:6Your throne, O God, is forever and ever. The scepter of your kingdom is a scepter of uprightness;
- Psalms 145:13Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and your dominion endures throughout all generations. [The Lord is faithful in all his words and kind in all his works.]
- Psalms 146:10The Lord will reign forever, your God, O Zion, to all generations. Praise the Lord!
- Daniel 2:44And in the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that shall never be destroyed, nor shall the kingdom be left to another people. It shall break in pieces all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, and it shall stand forever,
Commentaries on Lamentations 5:19
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 19Thou, O Lord, remainest for ever - Thou sufferest no change. Thou didst once love us, O let that love be renewed towards us!Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 19Remainest - Or, reignest. The earthly sanctuary is in ruins, but the heavenly throne in unchangeable glory.Read the comment
- 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. 1919. (Psa 102:12). The perpetuity of God's rule over human affairs, however He may seem to let His people be oppressed for a time, is their ground of hope of restoration.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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