Lamentations 5:20
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Why have You forgotten us forever? Why have You forsaken us for so long?”
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BSBPD
“Why have You forgotten us forever? Why have You forsaken us for so long?”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time?”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, Andforsake us so long time?”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“Why for ever dost Thou forget us? Thou forsakest us for length of days!”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Lamentations 5:20 — 14 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 13:1How long, O LORD? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me?
- Psalms 13:2How long must I wrestle in my soul, with sorrow in my heart each day? How long will my enemy dominate me?
- Psalms 42:10Like the crushing of my bones, my enemies taunt me, while they say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”
- Psalms 44:24Why do You hide Your face and forget our affliction and oppression?
- Psalms 74:1Why have You rejected us forever, O God? Why does Your anger smolder against the sheep of Your pasture?
- Psalms 77:7“Will the Lord spurn us forever and never show His favor again?
- Psalms 79:5How long, O LORD? Will You be angry forever? Will Your jealousy burn like fire?
- Psalms 85:5Will You be angry with us forever? Will You draw out Your anger to all generations?
- Psalms 89:46How long, O LORD? Will You hide Yourself forever? Will Your wrath keep burning like fire?
- Psalms 94:3How long will the wicked, O LORD, how long will the wicked exult?
- Isaiah 49:14But Zion said, “The LORD has forsaken me; the Lord has forgotten me!”
- Isaiah 64:9Do not be angry, O LORD, beyond measure; do not remember our iniquity forever. Oh, look upon us, we pray; we are all Your people!
- Jeremiah 14:9Why are You like a man taken by surprise, like a warrior powerless to save? Yet You are among us, O LORD, and we are called by Your name. Do not forsake us!
- Jeremiah 14:19Have 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.
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