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Lamentations 5:19
19You, Lord, reign forever; your throne endures from generation to generation.
Lamentations 5:19 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Thou, O Lord, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to generation.
- English Standard Version (ESV)But you, O Lord, reign forever; your throne endures to all generations.
- New King James Version (NKJV)You, O Lord, remain forever; Your throne from generation to generation.
- New Living Translation (NLT)But Lord, you remain the same forever! Your throne continues from generation to generation.
Context of Lamentations 5:19
17Because of this our hearts are faint, because of these things our eyes grow dim 18for Mount Zion, which lies desolate, with jackals prowling over it. You, Lord, reign forever; your throne endures from generation to generation. 20Why do you always forget us? Why do you forsake us so long? 21Restore us to yourself, Lord, that we may return; renew our days as of old
Read all of Lamentations 5Lamentations 5:19 word by word
אַתָּ֤ה יְהוָה֙ לְעוֹלָ֣ם תֵּשֵׁ֔ב כִּסְאֲךָ֖ לְדֹ֥ר וָדֽוֹר׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Lamentations 5:19
- Deuteronomy 33:27The eternal God is your refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms. He will drive out your enemies before you, saying, ‘Destroy them!’
- Psalms 9:7The Lord reigns forever; he has established his throne for judgment.
- Psalms 10:16The Lord is King for ever and ever; the nations will perish from his land.
- Psalms 29:10The Lord sits enthroned over the flood; the Lord is enthroned as King forever.
- Psalms 90:2Before the mountains were born or you brought forth the whole world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God.
- Psalms 102:12But you, Lord, sit enthroned forever; your renown endures through all generations.
- Habakkuk 1:12Lord, are you not from everlasting? My God, my Holy One, you will never die. You, Lord, have appointed them to execute judgment; you, my Rock, have ordained them to punish.
- 1 Timothy 1:17Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory for ever and ever. Amen.
- 1 Timothy 6:15which God will bring about in his own time—God, the blessed and only Ruler, the King of kings and Lord of lords,
- Hebrews 1:10He also says, “In the beginning, Lord, you laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands.
- Hebrews 13:8Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
- Revelation 1:4John, To the seven churches in the province of Asia: Grace and peace to you from him who is, and who was, and who is to come, and from the seven spirits before his throne,
- Psalms 45:6Your throne, O God, will last for ever and ever; a scepter of justice will be the scepter of your kingdom.
- Psalms 145:13Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and your dominion endures through all generations. The Lord is trustworthy in all he promises and faithful in all he does.
- Psalms 146:10The Lord reigns forever, your God, O Zion, for all generations. Praise the Lord.
- Daniel 2:44“In the time of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people. It will crush all those kingdoms and bring them to an end, but it will itself endure forever.
Commentaries on Lamentations 5:19
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 19Thou, O Lord, remainest for ever - Thou sufferest no change. Thou didst once love us, O let that love be renewed towards us!Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 19Remainest - Or, reignest. The earthly sanctuary is in ruins, but the heavenly throne in unchangeable glory.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. 1919. (Psa 102:12). The perpetuity of God's rule over human affairs, however He may seem to let His people be oppressed for a time, is their ground of hope of restoration.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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