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Lamentations 5:21
21Bring us back to You, Adonai, and we will return. Renew our days as of old—
Lamentations 5:21 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Turn thou us unto thee, O Lord, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.
- New International Version (NIV)Restore us to yourself, Lord, that we may return; renew our days as of old
- English Standard Version (ESV)Restore us to yourself, O Lord, that we may be restored! Renew our days as of old—
- New King James Version (NKJV)Turn us back to You, O Lord, and we will be restored; Renew our days as of old,
Context of Lamentations 5:21
19You, Adonai, are enthroned forever; Your throne endures from generation to generation. 20Why do You always forget us and forsake us for so long? Bring us back to You, Adonai, and we will return. Renew our days as of old— 22unless You have utterly rejected us and are exceedingly angry with us.
Read all of Lamentations 5Lamentations 5:21 word by word
הֲשִׁיבֵ֨נוּ יְהוָ֤ה׀ אֵלֶ֙יךָ֙ וְֽנָשׁ֔וּבָה חַדֵּ֥שׁ יָמֵ֖ינוּ כְּקֶֽדֶם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Lamentations 5:21
- 1 Kings 18:37Answer me, Adonai, answer me, so that these people may know that You, Adonai, are God, and that You have turned their heart back again.”
- Psalms 80:3Before Ephraim, Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up Your might, and come to save us.
- Psalms 85:4Will You withdraw all Your wrath? Will You turn from Your burning anger?
- Jeremiah 31:18For after I returned, I repented, and after that I was instructed, I struck my thigh— I was ashamed and also humiliated, for I bore the disgrace of my youth.’
- Jeremiah 32:39I will give them one heart and one way, so they may fear Me forever; for their good and for their children after them.
- Exodus 36:25Also for the second side of the Tabernacle, on the north side, he made 20 boards,
- Habakkuk 3:2Adonai, I have heard the report about You and I have come to fear. Adonai, revive Your work throughout the years, throughout the years make it known, In wrath remember compassion.
- Jeremiah 31:4Again you will plant vineyards on the hills of Samaria— planters will plant and use them.
- Jeremiah 33:10Thus says Adonai: “Yet again in this place—which you are saying is a waste without man or beast, in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem the desolate, without man, without inhabitant and without beast—there will be heard
- Zechariah 8:3Thus says Adonai, “I will return to Zion and dwell in the midst of Jerusalem. Then Jerusalem will be called the City of Truth and the mountain of Adonai-Tzva’ot will be called the Holy Mountain.”
- Malachi 3:4Then the offering of Judah and Jerusalem will be pleasing to Adonai, as in days of antiquity and years of old.
Commentaries on Lamentations 5:21
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 21Renew our days as of old - Restore us to our former state. Let us regain our country, our temple, and all the Divine offices of our religion; but, more especially, thy favor.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. 2121. (Psa 80:3; Jr 31:18). "Restore us to favor with Thee, and so we shall be restored to our old position" [Grotius]. Jeremiah is not speaking of spiritual conversion, but of that outward turning whereby God receives men into His fatherly favor, manifested in bestowing prosperity [Calvin]. Still, as Israel is a type of the Church, temporal goods typify spiritual blessings; and so the sinner may use this prayer for God to convert him.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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