God’s Word Translation
Lamentations 5:20
20Why have you completely forgotten us? Why have you abandoned us for such a long time?
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
18Foxes roam around on Mount Zion, which lies in ruins. 19“But you, O Lord, sit enthroned forever, and your reign continues throughout every generation. Why have you completely forgotten us? Why have you abandoned us for such a long time? 21O Lord, bring us back to you, and we’ll come back. Give us back the life we had long ago, 22unless you have completely rejected us ⌞and⌟ are very 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, 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 suffering and misery?
- Psalms 74:1Why, O God, have you rejected us forever? Why does your anger smolder against the sheep in your care?
- Psalms 77:7Will the Lord reject ⌞me⌟ for all time? Will he ever accept me?
- Psalms 79:5How long, O Lord? Will you remain angry forever? Will your fury continue to burn like fire?
- Psalms 85:5Will you be angry with us forever? Will you ever let go of your anger in the generations to come?
- Psalms 89:46How long, O Lord? Will you hide yourself forever? How long will your anger continue to burn like fire?
- Psalms 94:3How long, O Lord, will wicked people triumph? How long?
- Isaiah 64:9Don’t be too angry, Lord. Don’t remember our sin forever. Now look, we are all your people.
- Jeremiah 14:19Have you completely rejected Judah? Do you despise Zion? Why have you struck us so hard that we cannot heal? We hope for peace, but no good comes from it. We hope for a time of healing, but there’s 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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