English Standard Version
Lamentations 5:20
20Why do you forget us forever, why do you forsake us for so many days?
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?
- New King James Version (NKJV)Why do You forget us forever, And forsake us for so long a time?
- New Living Translation (NLT)Why do you continue to forget us? Why have you abandoned us for so long?
Context of Lamentations 5:20
18for Mount Zion which lies desolate; jackals prowl over it. 19But you, O Lord, reign forever; your throne endures to all generations. Why 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— 22unless you have utterly rejected us, and you remain exceedingly angry with us.
Read all of Lamentations 5Lamentations 5:20 word by word
לָ֤מָּה לָנֶ֙צַח֙ תִּשְׁכָּחֵ֔נוּ תַּֽעַזְבֵ֖נוּ לְאֹ֥רֶךְ יָמִֽים׃Read the interlinear
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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? Why do you forget our affliction and oppression?
- Psalms 74:1O God, why do you cast us off forever? Why does your anger smoke against the sheep of your pasture?
- Psalms 77:7"Will the Lord spurn forever, and never again be favorable?
- Psalms 79:5How long, O Lord? Will you be angry forever? Will your jealousy 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? How long will your wrath burn like fire?
- Psalms 94:3O Lord, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked exult?
- Isaiah 64:9Be not so terribly angry, O Lord, and remember not iniquity forever. Behold, please look, we are all your people.
- Jeremiah 14:19Have you utterly rejected Judah? Does your soul loathe Zion? Why have you struck us down so that there is no healing for us? We looked for peace, but no good came; 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
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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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