💧WEB · Lamentations 5:20
What does Lamentations 5:20 mean?
"Why do you forget us forever, and forsake us for so long a time?"
— Lamentations 5:20 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
For this our heart is faint. For these things our eyes are dim.
For the mountain of Zion, which is desolate. The foxes walk on it.
You, Yahweh, remain forever. Your throne is from generation to generation.
Why do you forget us forever, and forsake us for so long a time?
Turn us to yourself, Yahweh, and we will be turned. Renew our days as of old.
But you have utterly rejected us. You are very angry against us.
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