Lamentations 5:21 “Restore us to Yourself, O LORD, so we may return; renew our days as of…”

Lamentations 5:21

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.

World English Bible

Turn us to yourself, LORD, and we will be turned. Renew our days as of old.

American Standard Version

Turn thou us unto thee, O Jehovah, and we shall be turned; Renew our days as of old.

Geneva Bible 1599

Turne thou vs vnto thee, O Lord, and we shalbe turned: renue our dayes as of olde.

Darby Translation

Turn thou us unto thee, Jehovah, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.

Young's Literal Translation

Turn us back, O Jehovah, unto Thee, And we turn back, renew our days as of old.

Bible in Basic English

Make us come back to you, O Lord, and let us be turned; make our days new again as in the past.

.mt-body { max-height: none !important; -webkit-mask-image: none !important; mask-image: none !important; } .mt-bar { display: none !important; } .o-trans::after { display: block !important; }

Cross references

“Turn”

Psalm 80:3 Psalm 80:7 Psalm 85:4 Psalm 80:19 Jeremiah 31:18 Ezekiel 36:37

Psalm 80:3 · BSB

Restore us, O God, and cause Your face to shine upon us, that we may be saved.

Psalm 80:7 · BSB

Restore us, O God of Hosts, and cause Your face to shine upon us, that we may be saved.

Psalm 85:4 · BSB

Restore us, O God of our salvation, and put away Your displeasure toward us.

Psalm 80:19 · BSB

Restore us, O LORD God of Hosts; cause Your face to shine upon us, that we may be saved.

Jeremiah 31:18 · BSB

I have surely heard Ephraim’s moaning: ‘You disciplined me severely, like an untrained calf. Restore me, that I may return, for You are the LORD my God.

Ezekiel 36:37 · BSB

This is what the Lord GOD says: Once again I will hear the plea of the house of Israel and do for them this: I will multiply their people like a flock.

“renew”

Zechariah 8:3–6 Jeremiah 33:10 Jeremiah 31:4 Jeremiah 33:13 Jeremiah 31:23–25 Malachi 3:4

Zechariah 8:3–6 · BSB

This is what the LORD says: “I will return to Zion and dwell in Jerusalem. Then Jerusalem will be called the City of Truth, and the mountain of the LORD of Hosts will be called the Holy Mountain.”

Jeremiah 33:10 · BSB

This is what the LORD says: In this place you say is a wasteland without man or beast, in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem that are deserted—inhabited by neither man nor beast—there will be heard again

Jeremiah 31:4 · BSB

Again I will build you, and you will be rebuilt, O Virgin Israel. Again you will take up your tambourines and go out in joyful dancing.

Jeremiah 33:13 · BSB

In the cities of the hill country, the foothills, and the Negev, in the land of Benjamin and the cities surrounding Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, the flocks will again pass under the hands of the one who counts…

Jeremiah 31:23–25 · BSB

This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “When I restore them from captivity, they will once again speak this word in the land of Judah and in its cities: ‘May the LORD bless you, O righteous dwelling pla…

Malachi 3:4 · BSB

Then the offerings of Judah and Jerusalem will please the LORD, as in days of old and years gone by.

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

In context

20Why have You forgotten us forever? Why have You forsaken us for so long?

22unless You have utterly rejected us and remain angry with us beyond measure.

Read Lamentations 5