Lamentations 5:22

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

But thou hast utterly rejected us; Thou art very wroth against us.

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Formal EquivalenceSource: American Standard VersionBest for: Word studies and original-language research

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
Study-focused formatting: Optimized for reference and research rather than casual reading.

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Includes Strong's numbers for precise word study
Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

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Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Ps 60:1-2 : 1 For the Chief Musician; set to Shushan Eduth. Michtam of David, to teach; when he strove with Aram-naharaim and with Aram-zobah, and Joab returned, and smote of Edom in the Valley of Salt twelve thousand. O God thou hast cast us off, thou hast broken us down; Thou hast been angry; oh restore us again. 2 Thou hast made the land to tremble; thou hast rent it: Heal the breaches thereof; for it shaketh.
Isa 64:9 : 9 Be not wroth very sore, O Jehovah, neither remember iniquity for ever: behold, look, we beseech thee, we are all thy people.
Jer 15:1-5 : 1 Then said Jehovah unto me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind would not be toward this people: cast them out of my sight, and let them go forth. 2 And it shall come to pass, when they say unto thee, Whither shall we go forth? then thou shalt tell them, Thus saith Jehovah: Such as are for death, to death; and such as are for the sword, to the sword; and such as are for the famine, to the famine; and such as are for captivity, to captivity. 3 And I will appoint over them four kinds, saith Jehovah: the sword to slay, and the dogs to tear, and the birds of the heavens, and the beasts of the earth, to devour and to destroy. 4 And I will cause them to be tossed to and fro among all the kingdoms of the earth, because of Manasseh, the son of Hezekiah, king of Judah, for that which he did in Jerusalem. 5 For who will have pity upon thee, O Jerusalem? or who will bemoan thee? or who will turn aside to ask of thy welfare?
Ezek 37:11 : 11 Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried up, and our hope is lost; we are clean cut off.
Hos 1:6 : 6 And she conceived again, and bare a daughter. And [Jehovah] said unto him, Call her name Lo-ruhamah; for I will no more have mercy upon the house of Israel, that I should in any wise pardon them.
Ps 44:9 : 9 But now thou hast cast [us] off, and brought us to dishonor, And goest not forth with our hosts.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Lam 5:20-21
2 verses
82%
20Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, [And] forsake us so long time?
21Turn thou us unto thee, O Jehovah, and we shall be turned; Renew our days as of old.
Ps 60:1
82%
1For the Chief Musician; set to Shushan Eduth. Michtam of David, to teach; when he strove with Aram-naharaim and with Aram-zobah, and Joab returned, and smote of Edom in the Valley of Salt twelve thousand. O God thou hast cast us off, thou hast broken us down; Thou hast been angry; oh restore us again.
Lam 3:45
78%
45Thou hast made us an off-scouring and refuse in the midst of the peoples.
Lam 3:42-43
2 verses
78%
42We have transgressed and have rebelled; thou hast not pardoned.
43Thou hast covered with anger and pursued us; thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied.
Ps 44:9-10
2 verses
77%
9But now thou hast cast [us] off, and brought us to dishonor, And goest not forth with our hosts.
10Thou makest us to turn back from the adversary; And they that hate us take spoil for themselves.
Ps 89:38
77%
38But thou hast cast off and rejected, Thou hast been wroth with thine anointed.
Ps 85:3-6
4 verses
76%
3Thou hast taken away all thy wrath; Thou hast turned [thyself] from the fierceness of thine anger.
4Turn us, O God of our salvation, And cause thine indignation toward us to cease.
5Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? Wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations?
6Wilt thou not quicken us again, That thy people may rejoice in thee?
Jer 15:6
75%
6Thou hast rejected me, saith Jehovah, thou art gone backward: therefore have I stretched out my hand against thee, and destroyed thee; I am weary with repenting.
Jer 14:19-20
2 verses
75%
19Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy soul loathed Zion? why hast thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of healing, and, behold, dismay!
20We acknowledge, O Jehovah, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers; for we have sinned against thee.
Ps 44:17-19
3 verses
75%
17All this is come upon us; Yet have we not forgotten thee, Neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.
18Our heart is not turned back, Neither have our steps declined from thy way,
19That thou hast sore broken us in the place of jackals, And covered us with the shadow of death.
Ps 74:1
75%
1Maschil of Asaph. O God, why hast thou cast [us] off for ever? Why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?
Ps 90:7
74%
7For we are consumed in thine anger, And in thy wrath are we troubled.
Isa 31:6
73%
6Turn ye unto him from whom ye have deeply revolted, O children of Israel.
Neh 9:33
73%
33Howbeit thou art just in all that is come upon us; for thou hast dealt truly, but we have done wickedly;
Ps 60:10
73%
10Hast not thou, O God, cast us off? And thou goest not forth, O God, with our hosts.
Ps 102:10
73%
10Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: For thou hast taken me up, and cast me away.
Lam 5:1
73%
1Remember, O Jehovah, what is come upon us: Behold, and see our reproach.
Isa 64:7
73%
7And there is none that calleth upon thy name, that stirreth up himself to take hold of thee; for thou hast hid thy face from us, and hast consumed us by means of our iniquities.
Dan 9:5
72%
5we have sinned, and have dealt perversely, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even turning aside from thy precepts and from thine ordinances;
Ps 44:13
72%
13Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbors, A scoffing and a derision to them that are round about us.
Ps 108:11
72%
11Hast not thou cast us off, O God? And thou goest not forth, O God, with our hosts.
Jer 3:5
72%
5Will he retain [his anger] for ever? will he keep it to the end? Behold, thou hast spoken and hast done evil things, and hast had thy way.
Ps 44:23-24
2 verses
72%
23Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? Arise, cast [us] not off for ever.
24Wherefore hidest thou thy face, And forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
Ezra 9:14
72%
14shall we again break your commandments, and join in affinity with the peoples that do these abominations? would not you be angry with us until you had consumed us, so that there should be no remnant, nor any to escape?
Isa 64:12
72%
12Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things, O Jehovah? wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict us very sore?
Isa 63:17
72%
17O Jehovah, why dost thou make us to err from thy ways, and hardenest our heart from thy fear? Return for thy servants' sake, the tribes of thine inheritance.
Ps 50:17
72%
17Seeing thou hatest instruction, And castest my words behind thee?
Deut 9:22
72%
22And at Taberah, and at Massah, and at Kibroth-hattaavah, ye provoked Jehovah to wrath.
Prov 1:25
72%
25But ye have set at nought all my counsel, And would none of my reproof:
Jer 5:23
72%
23But this people hath a revolting and a rebellious heart; they are revolted and gone.
Ps 123:3
72%
3Have mercy upon us, O Jehovah, have mercy upon us; For we are exceedingly filled with contempt.
Isa 64:5
72%
5Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, those that remember thee in thy ways: behold, thou wast wroth, and we sinned: in them [have we been] of long time; and shall we be saved?
Deut 9:8
72%
8Also in Horeb ye provoked Jehovah to wrath, and Jehovah was angry with you to destroy you.
Mal 3:13
72%
13Your words have been stout against me, saith Jehovah. Yet ye say, What have we spoken against thee?
Jer 25:7
72%
7Yet ye have not hearkened unto me, saith Jehovah; that ye may provoke me to anger with the work of your hands to your own hurt.
Ps 79:5
72%
5How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou be angry for ever? Shall thy jealousy burn like fire?
Isa 43:22
71%
22Yet thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob; but thou hast been weary of me, O Israel.
2 Chr 29:6
71%
6For our fathers have trespassed, and done that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah our God, and have forsaken him, and have turned away their faces from the habitation of Jehovah, and turned their backs.
Job 18:4
71%
4Thou that tearest thyself in thine anger, Shall the earth be forsaken for thee? Or shall the rock be removed out of its place?
Jer 7:29
71%
29Cut off thy hair, [O Jerusalem], and cast it away, and take up a lamentation on the bare heights; for Jehovah hath rejected and forsaken the generation of his wrath.