New English Translation
Lamentations 5:20
20Why do you keep on forgetting us? Why do you forsake us so long?
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
18For wild animals are prowling over Mount Zion, which lies desolate. 19But you, O Lord, reign forever; your throne endures from generation to generation. Why do you keep on forgetting us? Why do you forsake us so long? 21Bring us back to yourself, O Lord, so that we may return to you; renew our life as in days before, 22unless you have utterly rejected us and are angry with us beyond measure.
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, Lord, will you continue to ignore me? How long will you pay no attention to me?
- Psalms 44:24Why do you look the other way, and ignore the way we are oppressed and mistreated?
- Psalms 74:1Why, O God, have you permanently rejected us? Why does your anger burn against the sheep of your pasture?
- Psalms 77:7I asked, “Will the Lord reject me forever? Will he never again show me his favor?
- Psalms 79:5How long will this go on, O Lord? Will you stay angry forever? How long will your rage burn like fire?
- Psalms 85:5Will you stay mad at us forever? Will you remain angry throughout future generations?
- Psalms 89:46How long, O Lord, will this last? Will you remain hidden forever? Will your anger continue to burn like fire?
- Psalms 94:3O Lord, how long will the wicked, how long will the wicked celebrate?
- Isaiah 64:9Lord, do not be too angry! Do not hold our sins against us continually! Take a good look at your people, at all of us!
- Jeremiah 14:19Then I said, “Lord, have you completely rejected the nation of Judah? Do you despise the city of Zion? Why have you struck us with such force that we are beyond recovery? We hope for peace, but nothing good has come of it. We hope for a time of relief from our troubles, but experience 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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