Lamentations 5:19

Webster's Bible (1833)

You, Yahweh, abide forever; Your throne is from generation to generation.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אַתָּ֤ה יְהוָה֙ לְעוֹלָ֣ם תֵּשֵׁ֔ב כִּסְאֲךָ֖ לְדֹ֥ר וָדֽוֹר׃

Transliteration

ʾattâ yəhwâ to-ʿôlām tēšēḇ, kisʾăḵā to-dōr and-ḏôr

Grammar Details

• *ʾattâ*: 2nd person masculine singular independent pronoun - you
• *yəhwâ*: proper noun - LORD/YHWH
• *ʿôlām*: noun masculine singular - forever
• *tēšēḇ*: qal imperfect 2nd masculine singular - you remain/sit
• *kisʾăḵā*: noun masculine singular construct with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your throne
• *dōr*: noun masculine singular - generation
• *ḏôr*: noun masculine singular - generation

Word Meanings

• *tēšēḇ*: you remain/sit/dwell/endure
• *kisʾăḵā*: your throne/seat of authority
• *dōr* and-*ḏôr*: generation and generation (idiom: throughout all generations)

Referenced Verses

• Ps 102:12 : 12 But you, Yahweh, will abide forever; Your renown endures to all generations.
• Ps 102:25-27 : 25 Of old, you laid the foundation of the earth. The heavens are the work of your hands. 26 They will perish, but you will endure. Yes, all of them will wear out like a garment. You will change them like a cloak, and they will be changed. 27 But you are the same. Your years will have no end.
• Ps 45:6 : 6 Your throne, God, is forever and ever. A scepter of equity is the scepter of your kingdom.
• Ps 9:7 : 7 But Yahweh reigns forever. He has prepared his throne for judgment.
• Ps 145:13 : 13 Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom. Your dominion endures throughout all generations.
• Ps 146:10 : 10 Yahweh will reign forever; Your God, O Zion, to all generations. Praise Yah!
• Dan 2:44 : 44 In the days of those kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed, nor shall the sovereignty of it be left to another people; but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever.
• Dan 7:14 : 14 There was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all the peoples, nations, and languages should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.
• Dan 7:27 : 27 The kingdom and the dominion, and the greatness of the kingdoms under the whole the sky, shall be given to the people of the saints of the Most High: his kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him.
• Hab 1:12 : 12 Aren't you from everlasting, Yahweh my God, my Holy One? We will not die. Yahweh, you have appointed him for judgment. You, Rock, have established him to punish.
• 1 Tim 1:17 : 17 Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, to God who alone is wise, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.
• 1 Tim 6:15-16 : 15 which in its own times he will show, who is the blessed and only Ruler, the King of kings, and Lord of lords; 16 who alone has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light; whom no man has seen, nor can see: to whom be honor and eternal power. Amen.
• Heb 1:8-9 : 8 but of the Son he says, "Your throne, O God, is forever and ever; The scepter of uprightness is the scepter of your Kingdom. 9 You have loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; Therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your fellows." 10 And, "You, Lord, in the beginning, laid the foundation of the earth. The heavens are the works of your hands. 11 They will perish, but you continue. They all will grow old like a garment does. 12 As a mantle you will roll them up, And they will be changed; But you are the same. Your years will not fail."
• Heb 13:8 : 8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
• Rev 1:4 : 4 John, to the seven assemblies that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace, from God, who is and who was and who is to come; and from the seven Spirits who are before his throne;
• Rev 1:8 : 8 "I am the Alpha and the Omega,{TR adds "the Beginning and the End"}" says the Lord God,{TR omits "God"} "who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty."
• Rev 1:17-18 : 17 When I saw him, I fell at his feet like a dead man. He laid his right hand on me, saying, "Don't be afraid. I am the first and the last, 18 and the Living one. I was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore. Amen. I have the keys of Death and of Hades.
• Ps 10:16 : 16 Yahweh is King forever and ever! The nations will perish out of his land.
• Ps 29:10 : 10 Yahweh sat enthroned at the Flood. Yes, Yahweh sits as King forever.
• Ps 90:2 : 2 Before the mountains were brought forth, Or ever you had formed the earth and the world, Even from everlasting to everlasting, you are God.
• Deut 33:27 : 27 The eternal God is [your] dwelling-place, Underneath are the everlasting arms. He thrust out the enemy from before you, Said, Destroy.