New King James Version
Lamentations 5:19
19You, O Lord, remain forever; Your throne 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.
- New International Version (NIV)You, Lord, reign forever; your throne endures from generation to generation.
- English Standard Version (ESV)But you, O Lord, reign forever; your throne endures to all generations.
- 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 heart is faint; Because of these things our eyes grow dim; 18Because of Mount Zion which is desolate, With foxes walking about on it. You, O Lord, remain forever; Your throne from generation to generation. 20Why do You forget us forever, And forsake us for so long a time? 21Turn us back to You, O Lord, and we will be restored; 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 thrust out the enemy from before you, And will say, ‘Destroy!’
- Psalms 9:7But the Lord shall endure forever; He has prepared His throne for judgment.
- Psalms 10:16The Lord is King forever and ever; The nations have perished out of His land.
- Psalms 29:10The Lord sat enthroned at the Flood, And the Lord sits as King forever.
- Psalms 90:2Before the mountains were brought forth, Or ever You had formed the earth and the world, Even from everlasting to everlasting, You are God.
- Psalms 102:12But You, O Lord, shall endure forever, And the remembrance of Your name to all generations.
- Habakkuk 1:12Are You not from everlasting, O Lord my God, my Holy One? We shall not die. O Lord, You have appointed them for judgment; O Rock, You have marked them for correction.
- 1 Timothy 1:17Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, to God who alone is wise, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.
- 1 Timothy 6:15which He will manifest in His own time, He who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings and Lord of lords,
- Hebrews 1:10And: “You, Lord, in the beginning laid the foundation of the earth, And the heavens are the work of Your hands.
- Hebrews 13:8Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
- Revelation 1:4John, to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from Him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven Spirits who are before His throne,
- Psalms 45:6Your throne, O God, is forever and ever; A scepter of righteousness is the scepter of Your kingdom.
- Psalms 145:13Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, And Your dominion endures throughout all generations.
- Psalms 146:10The Lord shall reign forever— Your God, O Zion, to all generations. Praise the Lord!
- Daniel 2:44And in the days of these kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed; and the kingdom shall not be left to other people; it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand 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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