Lamentations 5:19 — Meaning and Application

King James Version

“Thou, O LORD, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to generation.”

Lamentations 5:19

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For this our heart is faint; for these {things} our eyes are dim.

Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it.

Thou, O LORD, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to generation.

Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, {and} forsake us so long time? {so...: Heb. for length of days?}

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

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Lamentations 5:1

"Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach."

Lamentations 5:2

"Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens."

Lamentations 5:3

"We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers {are} as widows."

Lamentations 5:4

"We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us. {is...: Heb. cometh for price}"

Lamentations 5:5

"Our necks {are} under persecution: we labour, {and} have no rest. {Our...: Heb. On our necks are we persecuted}"

Lamentations 5:6

"We have given the hand {to} the Egyptians, {and to} the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread."

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