Lamentations 5:21

Translations

Modern

Restore us to Yourself, O LORD, so we may return; renew our days as of old,

Traditional

Turn thou us unto thee, O Lord, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.

Literal

Return us, O YHWH, to You, and we will return! Renew our days as of old,

Latin

Converte nos, Domine, ad te, et convertemur; innova dies nostros, sicut a principio.

Original

Hebrew

English

Restore us to Yourself, O LORD, so we may return; renew our days as of old,

Notes

Lamentations 5:1–22

This chapter is a sincere prayer asking for restoration (compare Daniel 9:4–19).

Theme notes and profiles

God’s Anger

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Psalm 80:3
Restore us, O God, and cause Your face to shine upon us, that we may be saved.
Psalm 80:7
Restore us, O God of Hosts, and cause Your face to shine upon us, that we may be saved.
Psalm 85:4
Restore us, O God of our salvation, and put away Your displeasure toward us.
Jeremiah 31:18
I have surely heard Ephraim’s moaning: ‘You disciplined me severely, like an untrained calf. Restore me, that I may return, for You are the LORD my God.
Psalm 80:19
Restore us, O LORD God of Hosts; cause Your face to shine upon us, that we may be saved.
Zechariah 8:3–6
This is what the LORD says: “I will return to Zion and dwell in Jerusalem. Then Jerusalem will be called the City of Truth, and the mountain of the LORD of Hosts will be called the Holy Mountain.”
Ezekiel 36:37
This is what the Lord GOD says: Once again I will hear the plea of the house of Israel and do for them this: I will multiply their people like a flock.
Habakkuk 3:2
O LORD, I have heard the report of You; I stand in awe, O LORD, of Your deeds. Revive them in these years; make them known in these years. In Your wrath, remember mercy!
Jeremiah 32:39–40
I will give them one heart and one way, so that they will always fear Me for their own good and for the good of their children after them.
Ezekiel 11:19–20
And I will give them singleness of heart and put a new spirit within them; I will remove their heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh,
Ezekiel 36:25–27
I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols.
Jeremiah 33:10
This is what the LORD says: In this place you say is a wasteland without man or beast, in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem that are deserted—inhabited by neither man nor beast—there will be heard again

Glossary

Lamentations, Book of

Topics

Afflictions and Adversities: Prayer In Backsliding: Pray to be Restored From Conversion: Pray For Patriotism: General Scriptures Concerning

Lamentations 5:21

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