Lamentations 5:20

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Why do you keep on forgetting us? Why do you forsake us so long?

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 13:1 : 1 For the music director; a psalm of David. How long, LORD, will you continue to ignore me? How long will you pay no attention to me?
  • Ps 44:24 : 24 Why do you look the other way, and ignore the way we are oppressed and mistreated?
  • Ps 74:1 : 1 A well-written song by Asaph. Why, O God, have you permanently rejected us? Why does your anger burn against the sheep of your pasture?
  • Ps 77:7-9 : 7 I asked,“Will the Lord reject me forever? Will he never again show me his favor? 8 Has his loyal love disappeared forever? Has his promise failed forever? 9 Has God forgotten to be merciful? Has his anger stifled his compassion?”(Selah) 10 Then I said,“I am sickened by the thought that the Most High might become inactive.
  • Ps 79:5 : 5 How long will this go on, O LORD? Will you stay angry forever? How long will your rage burn like fire?
  • Ps 85:5 : 5 Will you stay mad at us forever? Will you remain angry throughout future generations?
  • Ps 89:46 : 46 How long, O LORD, will this last? Will you remain hidden forever? Will your anger continue to burn like fire?
  • Ps 94:3-4 : 3 O LORD, how long will the wicked, how long will the wicked celebrate? 4 They spew out threats and speak defiantly; all the evildoers boast.
  • Isa 64:9-9 : 9 LORD, do not be too angry! Do not hold our sins against us continually! Take a good look at your people, at all of us! 10 Your chosen cities have become a wilderness; Zion has become a wilderness, Jerusalem, a desolate ruin. 11 Our holy temple, our pride and joy, the place where our ancestors praised you, has been burned with fire; all our prized possessions have been destroyed. 12 In light of all this, how can you still hold back, LORD? How can you be silent and continue to humiliate us?
  • Jer 14:19-21 : 19 Then I said,“LORD, have you completely rejected the nation of Judah? Do you despise the city of Zion? Why have you struck us with such force that we are beyond recovery? We hope for peace, but nothing good has come of it. We hope for a time of relief from our troubles, but experience terror. 20 LORD, we confess that we have been wicked. We confess that our ancestors have done wrong. We have indeed sinned against you. 21 For the honor of your name, do not treat Jerusalem with contempt. Do not treat with disdain the place where your glorious throne sits. Be mindful of your covenant with us. Do not break it!

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 13:1
    83%

    1For the music director; a psalm of David. How long, LORD, will you continue to ignore me? How long will you pay no attention to me?

  • Lam 5:21-22
    2 verses
    82%

    21Bring us back to yourself, O LORD, so that we may return to you; renew our life as in days before,

    22unless you have utterly rejected us and are angry with us beyond measure.

  • Ps 44:23-24
    2 verses
    80%

    23Rouse yourself! Why do you sleep, O Lord? Wake up! Do not reject us forever!

    24Why do you look the other way, and ignore the way we are oppressed and mistreated?

  • Lam 5:19
    80%

    19But you, O LORD, reign forever; your throne endures from generation to generation.

  • Ps 85:5-6
    2 verses
    78%

    5Will you stay mad at us forever? Will you remain angry throughout future generations?

    6Will you not revive us once more? Then your people will rejoice in you!

  • Ps 74:1
    78%

    1A well-written song by Asaph. Why, O God, have you permanently rejected us? Why does your anger burn against the sheep of your pasture?

  • Lam 5:1
    77%

    1The People of Jerusalem Pray: O LORD, reflect on what has happened to us; consider and look at our disgrace.

  • Ps 44:17
    76%

    17All this has happened to us, even though we have not rejected you or violated your covenant with us.

  • Ps 79:5
    76%

    5How long will this go on, O LORD? Will you stay angry forever? How long will your rage burn like fire?

  • Ps 77:7-9
    3 verses
    76%

    7I asked,“Will the Lord reject me forever? Will he never again show me his favor?

    8Has his loyal love disappeared forever? Has his promise failed forever?

    9Has God forgotten to be merciful? Has his anger stifled his compassion?”(Selah)

  • Ps 60:1
    76%

    1For the music director; according to the shushan-eduth style; a prayer of David written to instruct others. It was written when he fought against Aram Naharaim and Aram-Zobah. That was when Joab turned back and struck down 12,000Edomites in the Valley of Salt. O God, you have rejected us. You suddenly turned on us in your anger. Please restore us!

  • Ps 89:46-47
    2 verses
    75%

    46How long, O LORD, will this last? Will you remain hidden forever? Will your anger continue to burn like fire?

    47Take note of my brief lifespan! Why do you make all people so mortal?

  • Ps 25:6
    75%

    6Remember your compassionate and faithful deeds, O LORD, for you have always acted in this manner.

  • Isa 51:13
    74%

    13Why do you forget the LORD, who made you, who stretched out the sky and founded the earth? Why do you constantly tremble all day long at the anger of the oppressor, when he makes plans to destroy? Where is the anger of the oppressor?

  • Ps 90:13
    74%

    13Turn back toward us, O LORD! How long must this suffering last? Have pity on your servants!

  • Ps 89:49
    74%

    49Where are your earlier faithful deeds, O Lord, the ones performed in accordance with your reliable oath to David?

  • Ps 44:20
    74%

    20If we had rejected our God, and spread out our hands in prayer to another god,

  • Isa 63:17
    74%

    17Why, LORD, do you make us stray from your ways, and make our minds stubborn so that we do not obey you? Return for the sake of your servants, the tribes of your inheritance!

  • Jer 2:32
    74%

    32Does a young woman forget to put on her jewels? Does a bride forget to put on her bridal attire? But my people have forgotten me for more days than can even be counted.

  • Ps 80:18
    74%

    18Then we will not turn away from you. Revive us and we will pray to you!

  • Jer 14:9
    73%

    9Why should you be like someone who is helpless, like a champion who cannot save anyone? You are indeed with us, and we belong to you. Do not abandon us!”

  • Ps 80:4
    73%

    4O LORD God of Heaven’s Armies! How long will you remain angry at your people while they pray to you?

  • Lam 3:17
    73%

    17I am deprived of peace; I have forgotten what happiness is.

  • Jer 14:20-21
    2 verses
    73%

    20LORD, we confess that we have been wicked. We confess that our ancestors have done wrong. We have indeed sinned against you.

    21For the honor of your name, do not treat Jerusalem with contempt. Do not treat with disdain the place where your glorious throne sits. Be mindful of your covenant with us. Do not break it!

  • Ps 79:8
    73%

    8Do not hold us accountable for the sins of earlier generations! Quickly send your compassion our way, for we are in serious trouble!

  • Ps 90:1
    73%

    1Book 4(Psalms 90-106) A prayer of Moses, the man of God. O Lord, you have been our protector through all generations!

  • Ps 74:10
    73%

    10How long, O God, will the adversary hurl insults? Will the enemy blaspheme your name forever?

  • Isa 49:14
    73%

    14The Lord Remembers Zion“Zion said,‘The LORD has abandoned me, the Lord has forgotten me.’

  • Ps 60:10
    72%

    10Have you not rejected us, O God? O God, you do not go into battle with our armies.

  • Isa 54:7
    72%

    7“For a short time I abandoned you, but with great compassion I will gather you.

  • Jer 23:39-40
    2 verses
    72%

    39So I will carry you far off and throw you away. I will send both you and the city I gave to you and to your ancestors out of my sight.

    40I will bring on you lasting shame and lasting disgrace which will never be forgotten!’”

  • Jer 5:19
    72%

    19“So then, Jeremiah, when your people ask,‘Why has the LORD our God done all this to us?’ tell them,‘It is because you rejected me and served foreign gods in your own land. So you must serve foreigners in a land that does not belong to you.’

  • Ps 10:11-12
    2 verses
    72%

    11He says to himself,“God overlooks it; he does not pay attention; he never notices.”

    12Rise up, LORD! O God, strike him down! Do not forget the oppressed!

  • Ps 10:1
    72%

    1Why, LORD, do you stand far off? Why do you pay no attention during times of trouble?

  • Ps 102:12
    72%

    12But you, O LORD, rule forever, and your reputation endures.

  • 1 Chr 29:15
    72%

    15For we are resident foreigners and temporary settlers in your presence, like all our ancestors; our days are like a shadow on the earth, without security.

  • Ps 136:23
    72%

    23to the one who remembered us when we were down, for his loyal love endures,

  • Ps 27:9
    72%

    9Do not reject me! Do not push your servant away in anger! You are my deliverer! Do not forsake or abandon me, O God who vindicates me!

  • Ps 71:9
    72%

    9Do not reject me in my old age! When my strength fails, do not abandon me!

  • Ps 108:11
    72%

    11Have you not rejected us, O God? O God, you do not go into battle with our armies.

  • Ps 38:21
    72%

    21Do not abandon me, O LORD! My God, do not remain far away from me!