Lamentaciones 5:20-21 RVA

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Lamentations 5:17-22

Here, I. The people of God express the deep concern they had for the ruins of the temple, more than for any other of their calamities; the interests of God's house lay nearer their hearts than those of their own (Lam. 5:17, 18): For this our heart is faint, and sinks under the load of its own heaviness; for these things our eyes are dim, and our sight is gone, as is usual in a deliquium, or fainting fit. ?It is because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the holy mountain, and the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Lamentations 5:20

Wherefore dost thou, forget us for ever ,.... Since thou art firm, constant, and unchangeable, and thy love and covenant the same. God seems to forget his people when he afflicts them, or suffers them to be oppressed, and does not arise immediately for their help; which being deferred some time, looks like an eternity to them, or they fear it will ever be so; at least this they say to express their eager desire after his gracious presence, and to show how much they prize it: and forsake... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Lamentations 5:21

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 the Lord, or convert themselves; and of their need of divine grace, and of the efficacy of that to effect it; see Jeremiah 31:18 ; for this is to be understood not only of returning them to their own land, and to the external worship of God in it; but of turning them to the Lord by true and... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 5:21

Renew our days as of old - Restore us to our former state. Let us regain our country, our temple, and all the Divine offices of our religion; but, more especially, thy favor. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 5:20

Verse 20 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 yet familiarly deposit their complaints in his bosom, and thus unburden themselves. We see that David prayed, and no doubt by the real impulse of the Spirit, and at the same time expostulated, “Why dost thou forget me perpetually?” (Psalms 13:1.) Nor is there a doubt but that the Prophet took this complaint from David. Let us, then, know, that... read more

John Calvin

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

Verse 21 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 without power, but that he can, whenever he pleases, help his people. This is not, indeed, a sufficient ground for confidence, yet it is the beginning of hope; for whence is it that despair weakens us, so that we cannot call on God? because we think that it is all over with us; and whence is this?... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Lamentations 5:19-22

FINAL APPEAL TO GOD FOR THE REVERSAL OF THE JUDGMENT . read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Lamentations 5:19-22

The only resource acknowledged to be in God. It will be felt that this prayer is a fitting conclusion to the book. What could be more proper than that these people, having looked all around with an ever-deepening sense of loss and humiliation, should now look above? Upon earth, in strength or skill of man, there is nothing to be looked for; if anything is to be got, it is by looking to heaven. I. AMID ALL THESE CHANGES THE CONTINUANCE OF JEHOVAH IS PERCEIVED .... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Lamentations 5:20

Wherefore dost thou forget us, etc.? The poet does not say," Wherefore hast thou forgotten us?" One of the psalmists, indeed, does go so far ( Psalms 74:1 ); but the poet of this lamentation, with a more tender and trustful reserve, adopts the tense of feeling (the imperfect) in preference to that of fact (the perfect), and asks, "Wherefore dost thou [to my feeling] forget us? Wherefore, if Jehovah's power is still unbroken, does he allow Israel to feel herself forsaken?" The fact is... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Lamentations 5:20

Questioning God. I. IT IS NATURAL THAT WE SHOULD WISH TO KNOW THE PURPOSE OF GOD 'S DEALINGS WITH US . There is no subject for inquiry that touches us more nearly or that affects us in such important matters. God's treatment of us concerns our highest welfare for time and eternity. It is in all the experience of life—our many blessings, our varied trials, our greatest prosperity, and our heaviest trouble. Surely it is natural that we should ask whither are... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Lamentations 5:17-22

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Lamentations 5:20

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Lamentations 5:21

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 5:21

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 5:20

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

The Pulpit Commentary - Lamentations 5:19-22

The Pulpit Commentary - Lamentations 5:19-22

The Pulpit Commentary - Lamentations 5:20

The Pulpit Commentary - Lamentations 5:20

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