Lamentations 5:21 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

Lamentations 5:21 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(l) Turn thou us to thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old. (l) By which is declared that it is not in man's power to turn to God, but is only his work to convert us, and thu...
Lamentations 5:21 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Lamentations 5. A Prayer. This chapter differs much from the previous four. It is not a Lament, but one long pleading; and it is not the chant of an individual, but of a company, a plural, we. It m...
Lamentations 5:21 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Turn Thou us. National repentance was the one abiding condition of national blessing, and this must be Jehovah's own work. unto Thee . unto Thyself.
Lamentations 5:21 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

The Prophet shews, in this verse, that the remedy is in God’s hand whenever he is pleased to succor his people. He, then, exalts here the power of God, as though he had said, that God is not wi...
Lamentations 5:21 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old. Renew our days as of old - Restore us to our former state. Let us regain our country, our temple, and all the Divine...
Lamentations 5:21 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Renew our days, &c.— Renew our days as of old; Lamentations 5:22 . After thou hast rejected us and hast been very wroth against us. Houbigant. REFLECTIONS.— 1st, The prophet, in the nam...
Lamentations 5:21 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old. Turn thou us unto thee, O Lord, and we shall be turned - ( Psalms 80:3 ; Jeremiah 31:18 ). 'Restore us to fa...
Lamentations 5:21 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Zion's earnest Petition for Deliverance This final poem is not so much an elegy as a prayer or meditation. The tone is more calm and spiritual than the others, with no trace of vindictiveness. The...
Lamentations 5:21 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Turn thou us... O Lord... — The answer to the problem was found in man’s submission and in prayer. He could not turn himself, and so re-establish the old filial relation. He could ask God to turn h...
Lamentations 5:21 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE EVERLASTING THRONE Lamentations 5:19-22 WE have lingered long in the valley of humiliation. At the eleventh hour we are directed to look up from this scene of weary gloom to heavenly height...
Lamentations 5:21 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The final poem is an appeal out of sorrow to Jehovah. Speaking on behalf of the whole nation, the prophet called on Jehovah to remember. He described the actual desolation, telling of the affliction...
Lamentations 5:21 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Thou, O LORD, remainest forever; thy throne from generation to generation. Wherefore dost thou forget us forever, and forsake us so long time? Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned;...
Lamentations 5:21 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Turn thou us unto thee, O Lord, and we shall be turned ,.... This prayer expresses the sense they had of their backslidings from God, and distance from him; of their inability to turn themselves to...
Lamentations 5:21 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old. Ver. 21. Turn thou us unto thee. ] That thou mayest turn thee to us. as Zec 1:3 Let there be a thorough reforma...
Lamentations 5:21 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Thou, O Lord, remainest for ever Though, for our sins, thou hast suffered these calamities to befall us, and our throne, through thy righteous providence, is thrown down; yet thou art still the sam...
Lamentations 5:21 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Unchangeableness of God; Prayer for Mercy and Grace. B. C. 588. 17 For this our heart...
Lamentations 5:21 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

See the like expression Jeremiah 31:18 . Turn thou us unto thee by giving us repentance, and then our condition will be altered; or receive us into thy favour, and then it shall be well with us....
Lamentations 5:21 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Turn you us unto you, O YHWH, and we will be turned, Renew our days as of old. Unless (ki 'im) you have utterly rejected us, You are very angry against us. But he also realises that they cannot e...
Lamentations 5:21 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

EXEGETICAL NOTES. — Lamentations 5:19 . Nevertheless, whatever be the low estate of His sanctuary and people, the living God is and reigns. Thou, O Jehovah, abidest for ever. Not only is His co...
Lamentations 5:21 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

REFLECTIONS . Jeremiah in this last elegy continues the subject in more minute details; and having no hope for the present, he consoles himself with hope in the latter day. Psalms 85 ; Hosea 3 . T...
Lamentations 5:21 - The Biblical Illustrator

Thou, O Lord, remainest forever; Thy throne from generation to generation. The everlasting throne Thus at last our attention is turned from earth to heaven, from man to God. In this change of v...
Lamentations 5:21 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Lamentations 5:1-25 INSULT UPON INSULT HAS BEEN HEAPED UPON JERUSALEM . Lamentations 5:2 Our inheritance. The land had been "given" to Abraham ( Genesis 13...
Lamentations 5:21 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Plea for the Renewal of Jehovah's Love
Lamentations 5:21 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 18:37 ; Ezekiel 11:19 ; Ezekiel 11:20 ; Ezekiel 36:25-27 ; Ezekiel 36:37 ; Habakkuk 3:2 ; Jeremiah 31:18 ; Jeremiah 31:23-25 ; Jeremiah 31:4 ; Jeremiah 32:39 ; Jeremiah 32:40 ; Je...
Lamentations 5:21 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Renew — Restore us to our former estate.

Lamentations 5:21 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Lamentations 5:21 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Lamentations 5:21 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Lamentations 5:21 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Lamentations 5:21 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Lamentations 5:21 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Lamentations 5:21 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Lamentations 5:21 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Lamentations 5:21 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Lamentations 5:21 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Lamentations 5:21 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Lamentations 5:21 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Lamentations 5:21 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Lamentations 5:21 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Lamentations 5:21 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Lamentations 5:21 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Lamentations 5:21 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Lamentations 5:21 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Lamentations 5:21 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Lamentations 5:21 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Lamentations 5:21 - The Biblical Illustrator

Lamentations 5:21 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Lamentations 5:21 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Lamentations 5:21 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Lamentations 5:21 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes