Lamentations 5:22
in Lamentations 5unless You have utterly rejected us and remain angry with us beyond measure.
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ASV
But thou hast utterly rejected us; Thou art very wroth against us.
KJV
But thou hast utterly rejected us; thou art very wroth against us.
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This verse in Lamentations 5
Commentary
4 notes on this verseBut thou hast utterly rejected us - It appears as if thou hadst sealed our final reprobation, because thou showest against us exceeding great wrath. But convert us, O Lord, onto thee, and we shall be converted. We are now greatly humbled, feel our sin, and see our folly: once more restore us, and we shall never again forsake thee! He heard the prayer; and at the end of seventy years they were restored to their own land.
This site's exposition
Turn thou us unto thee, O Lord
on Lamentations 5:21-22
Verse 21 prays the same turning the book has asked for since chapter 3, turn thou us unto thee, O Lord, and we shall be turned, renew our days as of old, repentance requested as a gift rather than produced by will. The book's own last line refuses a tidy ending, but thou hast utterly rejected us, thou art very wroth against us, and the commentators note the ancient reading custom of repeating verse 21 aloud after verse 22 so the public reading does not close there, a practice named as reception history and not a change to the text itself.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
For converting grace to prepare and qualify them for mercy: Turn us to thee, O Lord! They had complained that God had forsaken and forgotten them, and then their prayer is not, Turn thou to us, but, Turn us to thee, which implies an acknowledgment that the cause of the distance was in themselves.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Rather, "Unless haply Thou hast utterly rejected us, and art beyond measure wroth against us," that is, Unless Thou art implacable, which is impossible, hear our prayer [CALVIN].
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
Adonoy return us. Because he concludes with words of reproof, he had to repeat the preceding verse again, 14 In order to end on a note of consolation. and so did Yeshayahu, Trei Osor, and Koheles.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 3 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
8 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| כִּ֚י | ki | that | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| אִם־ | ʾim- | except | H518 → | 1069 times |
| מָאֹ֣ס | maos | certainly <to reject> | H3988 → | |
| מְאַסְתָּ֔נוּ | meastanu | you have rejected us | H3988 → | |
| קָצַ֥פְתָּ | katzafta | you are angry | H7107 → | |
| עָלֵ֖ינוּ | ʾaleinu | towards us | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| עַד־ | ʾad- | up to | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| מְאֹֽד׃ | meod | muchness | H3966 → |
כִּ֚יthat
kiH3588 →4482 times
אִם־except
ʾim-H518 →1069 times
מָאֹ֣סcertainly <to reject>
maosH3988 →
מְאַסְתָּ֔נוּyou have rejected us
meastanuH3988 →
קָצַ֥פְתָּyou are angry
katzaftaH7107 →
עָלֵ֖ינוּtowards us
ʾaleinuH5921 →5755 times
עַד־up to
ʾad-H5704 →1261 times
מְאֹֽד׃muchness
meodH3966 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Ezekiel 37:11Then He said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Look, they are saying, ‘Our bones are dried up, and our hope has perished; we are cut off.’
it leads to
- Ephesians 2:1
And you were dead in your trespasses and sins,
- Psalms 77:7–9
“Will the Lord spurn us forever and never show His favor again?
- Ezekiel 39:25
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Now I will restore Jacob from captivity and will have compassion on the whole house of Israel, and I will be jealous for My holy name.
- Ezekiel 36:10
I will multiply the people upon you—the house of Israel in its entirety. The cities will be inhabited and the ruins rebuilt.
- Jeremiah 31:1
“At that time,” declares the LORD, “I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they will be My people.”
- Ephesians 2:1
Through
Psalms 44:9But You have rejected and humbled us; You no longer go forth with our armies.
it leads to
- Psalms 74:1
Why have You rejected us forever, O God? Why does Your anger smolder against the sheep of Your pasture?
- Psalms 60:10
Have You not rejected us, O God? Will You no longer march out, O God, with our armies?
- Psalms 60:1
You have rejected us, O God; You have broken us; You have been angry; restore us!
- Psalms 74:1
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About Lamentations
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Carl Friedrich Keil, Lamentations; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.