Lamentations 5:21

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הֲשִׁיבֵ֨נוּ יְהוָ֤ה ׀ אֵלֶ֙יךָ֙ וְֽנָשׁ֔וּבָה חַדֵּ֥שׁ יָמֵ֖ינוּ כְּקֶֽדֶם׃

Transliteration

hăšîḇēnû yəhwâ to-ʾēleḵā and-nāšûḇâ, ḥaddēš yāmênû like-qeḏem

Grammar Details

*hăšîḇēnû*: hiphil imperative masculine singular with 1st person plural suffix - cause us to return
*yəhwâ*: proper noun - LORD/YHWH
*ʾēleḵā*: preposition with 2nd masculine singular suffix - to you
*nāšûḇâ*: qal cohortative 1st person plural - let us return
*ḥaddēš*: piel imperative masculine singular - renew
*yāmênû*: noun masculine plural construct with 1st person plural suffix - our days
*qeḏem*: noun masculine singular - ancient times

Word Meanings

*hăšîḇēnû*: cause us to return/restore us/bring us back
*nāšûḇâ*: let us return/turn back (cohortative expressing determination or request)
*ḥaddēš*: renew/make new/restore
*qeḏem*: ancient times/former days/old times

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Referenced Verses

Ps 80:3 : 3 Turn us again, O God; And cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.
Jer 31:18 : 18 I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself [thus], Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a calf unaccustomed [to the yoke]: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art Jehovah my God.
Ps 80:7 : 7 Turn us again, O God of hosts; And cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.
Ps 80:19 : 19 Turn us again, O Jehovah God of hosts; Cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.
Ps 85:4 : 4 Turn us, O God of our salvation, And cause thine indignation toward us to cease.
Jer 31:4 : 4 Again will I build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel: again shalt thou be adorned with thy tabrets, and shalt go forth in the dances of them that make merry.
Jer 31:23-25 : 23 Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, Yet again shall they use this speech in the land of Judah and in the cities thereof, when I shall bring again their captivity: Jehovah bless thee, O habitation of righteousness, O mountain of holiness. 24 And Judah and all the cities thereof shall dwell therein together, the husbandmen, and they that go about with flocks. 25 For I have satiated the weary soul, and every sorrowful soul have I replenished.
1 Kgs 18:37 : 37 Hear me, O Jehovah, hear me, that this people may know that thou, Jehovah, art God, and [that] thou hast turned their heart back again.
Jer 33:10 : 10 Thus saith Jehovah: Yet again there shall be heard in this place, whereof ye say, It is waste, without man and without beast, even in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, that are desolate, without man and without inhabitant and without beast,
Jer 33:13 : 13 In the cities of the hill-country, in the cities of the lowland, and in the cities of the South, and in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, shall the flocks again pass under the hands of him that numbereth them, saith Jehovah.
Ezek 11:19-20 : 19 And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them a heart of flesh; 20 that they may walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and do them: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God.
Ezek 36:25-27 : 25 And I will sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you. 26 A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you; and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh. 27 And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep mine ordinances, and do them.
Ezek 36:37 : 37 Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: For this, moreover, will I be inquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for them: I will increase them with men like a flock.
Hab 3:2 : 2 O Jehovah, I have heard the report of thee, and am afraid: O Jehovah, revive thy work in the midst of the years; In the midst of the years make it known; In wrath remember mercy.
Zech 8:3-6 : 3 Thus saith Jehovah: I am returned unto Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called The city of truth; and the mountain of Jehovah of hosts, The holy mountain. 4 Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: There shall yet old men and old women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, every man with his staff in his hand for very age. 5 And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets thereof. 6 Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: If it be marvellous in the eyes of the remnant of this people in those days, should it also be marvellous in mine eyes? saith Jehovah of hosts.
Mal 3:4 : 4 Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto Jehovah, as in the days of old, and as in ancient years.
Jer 32:39-40 : 39 and I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them: 40 and I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from following them, to do them good; and I will put my fear in their hearts, that they may not depart from me.

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