Lamentations 5:21-22

21 Restore us to yourself, LORD, that we may return; renew our days as of old
22 unless you have utterly rejected us and are angry with us beyond measure.

Lamentations 5:21-22 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO LAMENTATIONS 5

In this chapter are reckoned up the various calamities and distresses of the Jews in Babylon, which the Lord is desired to remember and consider, La 5:1-16; their great concern for the desolation of the temple in particular is expressed, La 5:17,18; and the chapter is concluded with a prayer that God would show favour to them, and turn them to him, and renew their prosperity as of old, though he had rejected them, and been wroth with them, La 5:19-22.

Cross References 3

  • 1. S Psalms 80:3; Isaiah 60:20-22
  • 2. S Psalms 53:5; Psalms 60:1-2; S Jeremiah 6:30
  • 3. S Isaiah 64:9
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