Lamentations 5:21

Lamentations 5:21 in other versions

• New International Version (NIV)Restore us to yourself, Lord, that we may return; renew our days as of old
• English Standard Version (ESV)Restore us to yourself, O Lord, that we may be restored! 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

19Thou, O Lord, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to generation. 20Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time? Turn thou us unto thee, O Lord, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old. 22But thou hast utterly rejected us; thou art very wroth against us.

Lamentations 5:21 word by word

הֲשִׁיבֵ֨נוּ יְהוָ֤ה׀ אֵלֶ֙יךָ֙ וְֽנָשׁ֔וּבָה חַדֵּ֥שׁ יָמֵ֖ינוּ כְּקֶֽדֶם׃Read the interlinear

• Turnשׁוּבshûb · to return: rescueH7725
• thou us unto thee, O Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• renewחָדַשׁchâdash · to renewH2318
• our daysיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• as of oldקֶ֫דֶםqedem qêdmâh · front: oldH6924

Cross-references for Lamentations 5:21

• 1 Kings 18:37Hear me, O Lord, hear me, that this people may know that thou art the Lord God, and that thou hast turned their heart back again.
• Psalms 80:3Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
• Psalms 85:4Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine anger toward us to cease.
• Jeremiah 31:18I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the Lord my God.
• Jeremiah 32:39And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them:
• Exodus 36:25And for the other side of the tabernacle, which is toward the north corner, he made twenty boards,
• Habakkuk 3:2O Lord, I have heard thy speech, and was afraid: O Lord, revive thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember mercy.
• Jeremiah 31:4Again I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel: thou shalt again be adorned with thy tabrets, and shalt go forth in the dances of them that make merry.
• Jeremiah 33:10Thus saith the Lord; Again there shall be heard in this place, which ye say shall be desolate without man and without beast, even in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, that are desolate, without man, and without inhabitant, and without beast,
• Zechariah 8:3Thus saith the Lord; I am returned unto Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called a city of truth; and the mountain of the Lord of hosts the holy mountain.
• Malachi 3:4Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto 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

Topics related to Lamentations 5:21

• Afflictions and Adversities
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In the dictionaries

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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