Lamentations 5:20
Lamentations · Old Testament · Chapter 5
“Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time?”Lamentations 5:20
What Does Lamentations 5:20 Mean?
Lamentations 5:20 is found in the book of Lamentations, chapter 5, verse 20 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 18 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (18)
These passages are connected to Lamentations 5:20 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Psalms 13:1“How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?”Psalms 44:24“Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?”Mark 15:34“And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?”Job 7:21“And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.”Isaiah 2:6“Therefore thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob, because they be replenished from the east, and are soothsayers like the Philistines, and they please themselves in the children of strangers.”Jeremiah 14:19“Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy soul lothed Zion? why hast thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? we looked for peace, and there is no good; and for the time of healing, and behold trouble!”1 Samuel 12:22“For the LORD will not forsake his people for his great name’s sake: because it hath pleased the LORD to make you his people.”2 Kings 21:14“And I will forsake the remnant of mine inheritance, and deliver them into the hand of their enemies; and they shall become a prey and a spoil to all their enemies;”Psalms 74:1“O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?”Psalms 77:7“Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be favourable no more?”Psalms 79:5“How long, LORD? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire?”Psalms 85:5“Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations?”Psalms 89:46“How long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?”Psalms 94:3“LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?”Isaiah 6:12“And the LORD have removed men far away, and there be a great forsaking in the midst of the land.”Isaiah 49:14“But Zion said, The LORD hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me.”Isaiah 64:9“Be not wroth very sore, O LORD, neither remember iniquity for ever: behold, see, we beseech thee, we are all thy people.”Jeremiah 23:39“Therefore, behold, I, even I, will utterly forget you, and I will forsake you, and the city that I gave you and your fathers, and cast you out of my presence:”
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