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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 a...
He seems, indeed, here to expostulate with God; but the faithful, even when they patiently bear their evils, and submit to God’s scourges, do y...
Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time?
Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time? Wherefore dost thou forget us forever - i:e., for 'so long a time.'
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 tha...
Wherefore.. so long time ] a hint may be contained in these last words as to the time of composition, at least of Lamentations 5 .
Wherefore dost thou forget... — This was the problem of the mystery of suffering then, as it has been at all times. Jehovah had seemed forgetful of...
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...
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...
Thou, O LORD, remainest forever; thy throne from generation to generation. Wherefore dost thou forget us forever, and forsake us so long time? Turn t...
Wherefore dost thou, forget us for ever ,.... Since thou art firm, constant, and unchangeable, and thy love and covenant the same. God seems to forg...
Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, [and] forsake us so long time? Ver. 20. Wherefore dost thou forget us? ] Since thy covenant runs otherwise...
Thou, O Lord, remainest for ever Though, for our sins, thou hast suffered these calamities to befall us, and our throne, through thy righteous prov...
Unchangeableness of God; Prayer for Mercy and Grace. B. C. 588....
Wherefore dost thou, in the dispensations of thy providence, carry thyself as if thou hadst forgotten us, and forsaken us, and that for a long time.
Why do you forget us for ever, And forsake us for so long a time? The incongruity of the situations in which God's people found themselves as descr...
EXEGETICAL NOTES. — Lamentations 5:19 . Nevertheless, whatever be the low estate of His sanctuary and people, the living God is and reigns. Thou...
REFLECTIONS . Jeremiah in this last elegy continues the subject in more minute details; and having no hope for the present, he consoles himself with...
Thou, O Lord, remainest forever; Thy throne from generation to generation. The everlasting throne Thus at last our attention is turned from ear...
EXPOSITION Lamentations 5:1-25 INSULT UPON INSULT HAS BEEN HEAPED UPON JERUSALEM . Lamentations 5:2 Our inheritance....
Plea for the Renewal of Jehovah's Love
Wherefore dost Thou forget us forever and forsake us so long time? That Jehovah should be so inclined is beyond the conception of the inspired poet;...
Isaiah 64:9-12 ; Jeremiah 14:19-21 ; Psalms 13:1 ; Psalms 44:24 ; Psalms 74:1 ; Psalms 77:7-10 ; Psalms 79:5 ; Psalms 85:5 ; Psalms 89:46 ;...
20 Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time?