The Holy Bible Verses

Lamentations 5:21

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Translations sourced from the public-domain WEB, KJV, and ASV. See all sources.

“Turn us to yourself, Yahweh, and we will be turned. Renew our days as of old.”

— WEB

“Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.”

— KJV

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

— ASV

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Commentary

(Psa 80:3; Jer 31:18). "Restore us to favor with Thee, and so we shall be restored to our old position" [GROTIUS]. Jeremiah is not speaking of spiritual conversion, but of that outward turning whereby God receives men into His fatherly favor, manifested in bestowing prosperity [CALVIN]. Still, as Israel is a type of the Church, temporal goods typify spiritual blessings; and so the sinner may use this prayer for God to convert him.

— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)

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