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?
• 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 Jerusalem is empty and desolate, a place haunted by jackals. 19But Lord, you remain the same forever! Your throne continues from generation to generation. Why do you continue to forget us? Why have you abandoned us for so long? 21Restore us, O Lord, and bring us back to you again! Give us back the joys we once had! 22Or have you utterly rejected us? Are you angry with us still?

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 13:1O Lord, how long will you forget me? Forever? How long will you look the other way?
• Psalms 44:24Why do you look the other way? Why do you ignore our suffering and oppression?
• Psalms 74:1O God, why have you rejected us so long? Why is your anger so intense against the sheep of your own pasture?
• Psalms 77:7Has the Lord rejected me forever? Will he never again be kind to me?
• Psalms 79:5O Lord, how long will you be angry with us? Forever? How long will your jealousy burn like fire?
• Psalms 85:5Will you be angry with us always? Will you prolong your wrath to all generations?
• Psalms 89:46O Lord, how long will this go on? Will you hide yourself forever? How long will your anger burn like fire?
• Psalms 94:3How long, O Lord? How long will the wicked be allowed to gloat?
• Isaiah 64:9Don’t be so angry with us, Lord. Please don’t remember our sins forever. Look at us, we pray, and see that we are all your people.
• Jeremiah 14:19Lord, have you completely rejected Judah? Do you really hate Jerusalem? Why have you wounded us past all hope of healing? We hoped for peace, but no peace came. We hoped for a time of healing, but found 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