Lamentations 5:21

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, 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{H8685)}, O God, and cause thy face to shine{H8685)}; and we shall be saved{H8735)}.
Jer 31:18 : 18 I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the LORD my God.
Ps 80:7 : 7 Turn us again{H8685)}, O God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine{H8685)}; and we shall be saved{H8735)}.
Ps 80:19 : 19 Turn us again{H8685)}, O LORD God of hosts, cause thy face to shine{H8685)}; and we shall be saved{H8735)}.
Ps 85:4 : 4 Turn{H8798)} us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine anger toward us to cease{H8685)}.
Jer 31:4 : 4 Again I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel: thou shalt again be adorned with thy tabrets, and shalt go forth in the dances of them that make merry.
Jer 31:23-25 : 23 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; As yet they shall use this speech in the land of Judah and in the cities thereof, when I shall bring again their captivity; The LORD bless thee, O habitation of justice, and mountain of holiness. 24 And there shall dwell in Judah itself, and in all the cities thereof together, husbandmen, and they that go forth with flocks. 25 For I have satiated the weary soul, and I have replenished every sorrowful soul.
1 Kgs 18:37 : 37 Hear me, O LORD, hear me, that this people may know that thou art the LORD God, and that thou hast turned their heart back again.
Jer 33:10 : 10 Thus saith the LORD; Again there shall be heard in this place, which ye say shall be desolate 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 mountains, in the cities of the vale, 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 pass again under the hands of him that telleth them, saith the LORD.
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 an 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 Then will I 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 an heart of flesh. 27 And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.
Ezek 36:37 : 37 Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will yet for this be enquired 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 LORD, I have heard thy speech, and was afraid: O LORD, revive thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember mercy.
Zech 8:3-6 : 3 Thus saith the LORD; I am returned unto Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called a city of truth; and the mountain of the LORD of hosts the holy mountain. 4 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; There shall yet old men and old women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, and 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 the LORD of hosts; If it be marvellous in the eyes of the remnant of this people in these days, should it also be marvellous in mine eyes? saith the LORD of hosts.
Mal 3:4 : 4 Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the LORD, as in the days of old, and as in former 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 them, to do them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me.

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