English Standard Version
Lamentations 5:21
21Restore us to yourself, O Lord, that we may be restored! Renew our days as of old—
Lamentations 5:21 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Turn thou us unto thee, O Lord, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.
- New International Version (NIV)Restore us to yourself, Lord, that we may return; renew our days as of old
- New King James Version (NKJV)Turn us back to You, O Lord, and we will be restored; Renew our days as of old,
- New Living Translation (NLT)Restore us, O Lord, and bring us back to you again! Give us back the joys we once had!
Context of Lamentations 5:21
19But 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? Restore 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 5:21 word by word
הֲשִׁיבֵ֨נוּ יְהוָ֤ה׀ אֵלֶ֙יךָ֙ וְֽנָשׁ֔וּבָה חַדֵּ֥שׁ יָמֵ֖ינוּ כְּקֶֽדֶם׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Lamentations 5:21
- 1 Kings 18:37Answer me, O Lord, answer me, that this people may know that you, O Lord, are God, and that you have turned their hearts back."
- Psalms 80:3Restore us, O God; let your face shine, that we may be saved!
- Psalms 85:4Restore us again, O God of our salvation, and put away your indignation toward us!
- Jeremiah 31:18I have heard Ephraim grieving, 'You have disciplined me, and I was disciplined, like an untrained calf; bring me back that I may be restored, for you are the Lord my God.
- Jeremiah 32:39I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear me forever, for their own good and the good of their children after them.
- Exodus 36:25For the second side of the tabernacle, on the north side, he made twenty frames
- Habakkuk 3:2O Lord, I have heard the report of you, and your work, O Lord, do I fear. In the midst of the years revive it; in the midst of the years make it known; in wrath remember mercy.
- Jeremiah 31:4Again I will build you, and you shall be built, O virgin Israel! Again you shall adorn yourself with tambourines and shall go forth in the dance of the merrymakers.
- Jeremiah 33:10"Thus says the Lord: In this place of which you say, 'It is a waste without man or beast,' in the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem that are desolate, without man or inhabitant or beast, there shall be heard again
- Zechariah 8:3Thus says the Lord: I have returned to Zion and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem, and Jerusalem shall be called the faithful city, and the mountain of the Lord of hosts, the holy mountain.
- Malachi 3:4Then the offering of Judah and Jerusalem will be pleasing to the Lord as in the days of old and as in former years.
Commentaries on Lamentations 5:21
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 21Renew our days as of old - Restore us to our former state. Let us regain our country, our temple, and all the Divine offices of our religion; but, more especially, thy favor.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. 2121. (Psa 80:3; Jr 31:18). "Restore us to favor with Thee, and so we shall be restored to our old position" [Grotius]. Jeremiah is not speaking of spiritual conversion, but of that outward turning whereby God receives men into His fatherly favor, manifested in bestowing prosperity [Calvin]. Still, as Israel is a type of the Church, temporal goods typify spiritual blessings; and so the sinner may use this prayer for God to convert him.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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