Lamentations 5:20 “Why have You forgotten us forever? Why have You forsaken us for so lon…”

Lamentations 5:20

Why have You forgotten us forever? Why have You forsaken us for so long?

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time?

World English Bible

Why do you forget us forever, and forsake us for so long a time?

American Standard Version

Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, And forsake us so long time?

Geneva Bible 1599

Wherefore doest thou forget vs for euer, and forsake vs so long time?

Darby Translation

Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, dost thou forsake us so long time?

Young's Literal Translation

Why for ever dost Thou forget us? Thou forsakest us for length of days!

Bible in Basic English

Why have we gone from your memory for ever? why have you been turned away from us for so long?

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Cross references

“dost”

Psalm 13:1 Psalm 44:24 Jeremiah 14:19–21 Psalm 74:1 Psalm 77:7–10 Psalm 79:5

Psalm 13:1 · BSB

How long, O LORD? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me?

Psalm 44:24 · BSB

Why do You hide Your face and forget our affliction and oppression?

Jeremiah 14:19–21 · BSB

Have You rejected Judah completely? Do You despise Zion? Why have You stricken us so that we are beyond healing? We hoped for peace, but no good has come, and for the time of healing, but there was only terror.

Psalm 74:1 · BSB

Why have You rejected us forever, O God? Why does Your anger smolder against the sheep of Your pasture?

Psalm 77:7–10 · BSB

“Will the Lord spurn us forever and never show His favor again?

Psalm 79:5 · BSB

How long, O LORD? Will You be angry forever? Will Your jealousy burn like fire?

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

19You, O LORD, reign forever; Your throne endures from generation to generation.

21Restore us to Yourself, O LORD, so we may return; renew our days as of old,

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