Lamentations 5:20

Lamentations 5:20 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time?
• 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?
• New Living Translation (NLT)Why do you continue to forget us? Why have you abandoned us for so long?

Context of Lamentations 5:20

18for Mount Zion, which lies desolate, with jackals prowling over it. 19You, Lord, reign forever; your throne endures from generation to generation. Why 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 22unless you have utterly rejected us and are angry with us beyond measure.

Lamentations 5:20 word by word

לָ֤מָּה לָנֶ֙צַח֙ תִּשְׁכָּחֵ֔נוּ תַּֽעַזְבֵ֖נוּ לְאֹ֥רֶךְ יָמִֽים׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Wherefore dost thou forgetשָׁכַחshâkach shâkêach · to forgetH7911
• us for everנֵ֫צַחnetsach nêtsach · perpetuityH5331
• forsakeעָזַב‛âzab · to leave: forsakeH5800
• us so longאֹ֫רֶךְ'ôrek · lengthH753
• timeיוֹםyôm · dayH3117

Cross-references for Lamentations 5:20

• Psalms 13:1How long, Lord? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?
• Psalms 44:24Why do you hide your face and forget our misery and oppression?
• Psalms 74:1O God, why have you rejected us forever? Why does your anger smolder against the sheep of your pasture?
• Psalms 77:7“Will the Lord reject forever? Will he never show his favor again?
• Psalms 79:5How long, Lord? Will you be angry forever? How long will your jealousy burn like fire?
• Psalms 85:5Will you be angry with us forever? Will you prolong your anger through all generations?
• Psalms 89:46How long, Lord? Will you hide yourself forever? How long will your wrath burn like fire?
• Psalms 94:3How long, Lord, will the wicked, how long will the wicked be jubilant?
• Isaiah 64:9Do not be angry beyond measure, Lord; do not remember our sins forever. Oh, look on us, we pray, for we are all your people.
• Jeremiah 14:19Have you rejected Judah completely? Do you despise Zion? Why have you afflicted us so that we cannot be healed? We hoped for peace but no good has come, for a time of healing but there is 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

Topics related to Lamentations 5:20

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Doubting
• Patriotism

In the dictionaries

• Crown
• Persecution
• Acrostic
• Lamentations, Book of
• Poetry, Hebrew

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