Lamentations

Lamentations 5:20–22

20Why have You forgotten us forever?

Why have You forsaken us for so long?

21Restore us to Yourself, O LORD, so we may return;

renew our days as of old,

22unless You have utterly rejected us

and remain angry with us beyond measure.

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Lamentations 5:20

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
Whyלָ֤מָּהlām·māhInterrogativeH4100 what? how? aught
have You forgotten usתִּשְׁכָּחֵ֔נוּtiš·kā·ḥê·nūVerb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular; first person common pluralH7911 forget
foreverלָנֶ֙צַח֙lā·ne·ṣaḥPreposition-l; Noun - masculine singularH5331 eminence, enduring, everlastingness, perpetuity
Why have You forsaken usתַּֽעַזְבֵ֖נוּta·‘az·ḇê·nūVerb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular; first person common pluralH5800 leave, forsake, loose
for so longלְאֹ֥רֶךְlə·’ō·reḵPreposition-l; Noun - masculine singular constructH753 length

Lamentations 5:21

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
Restore usהֲשִׁיבֵ֨נוּhă·šî·ḇê·nūVerb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular; first person common pluralH7725 turn back, return
to Yourselfאֵלֶ֙יךָ֙’ê·le·ḵāPreposition; second person masculine singularH413 motion to
O LORDיְהוָ֤ה׀Yah·wehNoun - proper - masculine singularH3068 Yahweh
so we may returnוְנָשׁוּבwə·nå̄·šūḇConjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common pluralH7725 turn back, return
renewחַדֵּ֥שׁḥad·dêšVerb - Piel - Imperative - masculine singularH2318 renew, repair
our daysיָמֵ֖ינוּyā·mê·nūNoun - masculine plural construct; first person common pluralH3117 day
as of oldכְּקֶֽדֶם׃kə·qe·ḏemPreposition-k; Noun - masculine singularH6924 front, east, aforetime

Lamentations 5:22

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
unlessכִּ֚יkîConjunctionH3588 burning, branding
You have utterly rejected usמָאֹ֣סmā·’ōsVerb - Qal - Infinitive absoluteH3988 reject
and remain angryקָצַ֥פְתָּqā·ṣap̄·tāVerb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singularH7107 be wroth
with usעָלֵ֖ינוּ‘ā·lê·nūPreposition; first person common pluralH5921 height
beyond measureעַד־‘aḏ-PrepositionH5704 as far as, even to, up to, until, while

Cross-references

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Lamentations 5:20 Psalm 44:24 · Psalm 13:1 · Jeremiah 14:19–21

Lamentations 5:21 Psalm 80:3 · Psalm 80:7 · Psalm 85:4 · Jeremiah 31:18 · Psalm 80:19 · Zechariah 8:3–6 · Ezekiel 36:37 · Jeremiah 32:39–40 · Ezekiel 36:25–27 · Habakkuk 3:2 · Ezekiel 11:19–20 · Jeremiah 33:10

Lamentations 5:22 Psalm 60:1–2 · Hosea 1:6

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.