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

18Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it. 19Thou, O Yhwh, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to generation. Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time? 21Turn thou us unto thee, O Yhwh, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old. 22But thou hast utterly rejected us; thou art very wroth against us.

Lamentations 5:20 word by word

לָ֤מָּה לָנֶ֙צַח֙ תִּשְׁכָּחֵ֔נוּ תַּֽעַזְבֵ֖נוּ לְאֹ֥רֶךְ יָמִֽים׃Read the interlinear

• 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 wilt thou forget me, O Yhwh? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
• Psalms 44:24Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
• Psalms 74:1O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?
• Psalms 77:7Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be favourable no more?
• Psalms 79:5How long, Yhwh? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire?
• Psalms 85:5Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations?
• Psalms 89:46How long, Yah? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?
• Psalms 94:3Yhwh, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?
• Isaiah 64:9Be not wroth very sore, O Yhwh, neither remember iniquity for ever: behold, see, we beseech thee, we are all thy people.
• Jeremiah 14:19Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy soul lothed Zion? why hast thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? we looked for peace, and there is no good; and for the time of healing, and behold trouble!

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