Lamentations 5:20
Why have You forgotten us forever? Why have You forsaken us for so long?
BSB
ASV
Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, And forsake us so long time?
KJV
Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time?
Then, there is a wondered indignation. As said: "Why dost thou forget us forever, why dost thou so long forsake us?" Just as the prophet Isaiah 49:15 exclaims: "Can a woman forget her suckling child, that she should have no compassion on the son of …
Wherefore dost thou, forget us for ever,.... Since thou art firm, constant, and unchangeable, and thy love and covenant the same.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
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Psalms 13:1How long, O LORD? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me?
leads to
Why do You hide Your face and consider me as Your enemy?
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
How long, O LORD? Will You hide Yourself forever? Will Your wrath keep burning like fire?
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
How long will the wicked, O LORD, how long will the wicked exult?
My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Why are You so far from saving me, so far from my words of groaning?
O LORD God of Hosts, how long will Your anger smolder against the prayers of Your people?
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Psalms 89:46How long, O LORD? Will You hide Yourself forever? Will Your wrath keep burning like fire?
leads to
How long, O LORD? Will You be angry forever? Will Your jealousy burn like fire?
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Psalms 79:5How long, O LORD? Will You be angry forever? Will Your jealousy burn like fire?
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Will You be angry with us forever? Will You draw out Your anger to all generations?
Why have You rejected us forever, O God? Why does Your anger smolder against the sheep of Your pasture?