Verse
Lamentations 5:21 — Turn thou us unto thee, O Lord, and we shall be turned; renew our…
“Turn thou us unto thee, O Lord, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.”
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The verses around Lamentations 5:21.
19Thou, O Lord, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to generation.
20Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time?
21Turn thou us unto thee, O Lord, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.
22But thou hast utterly rejected us; thou art very wroth against us.
Verse explanation
Unlike what one might expect from a classic lament poem, the book ends without a clear word of comfort or resolution: the plea to be turned back to God is followed by a question that goes unanswered. It's a deliberately unsettled ending, one that doesn't close the pain on a note of guaranteed hope.
From the Lamentations 5 study in Bible in Stories.
Lamentations 5:21 in other versions
The same verse in the 4 Bible versions we have on the site.
- KJV · King James
Turn thou us unto thee, O Lord, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.
Read the chapter in this version → - ARC · Almeida 1911Português
Converte-nos, Senhor, a ti, e nos converteremos: renova os nossos dias como d'antes.
Read the chapter in this version → - BLIVRE · Bíblia LivrePortuguês
Converte-nos, SENHOR, a ti, e seremos convertidos; renova o nossos dias como antes;
Read the chapter in this version → - VBL · Versión Biblia LibreEspañol
Tráenos de regreso a ti, Señor, para que podamos volver a estar contigo. Por favor, restaura nuestras vidas a como era antes.
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