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Lamentations 5:20
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Lamentations 5:20
20Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time?
20†Wherefore doest thou forget vs for euer, and forsake vs so long time?
- Heb. for length of dayes.
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DEFINED WORDS
Lamentations 5:20
Why; for what reason.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Do: perform, act, or carry out; also used as an auxiliary verb.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To fail or cease to remember; to lose from mind; to neglect or disregard.
Meaning drawn from: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance 1890 (occurrence-specific) · KJV usage (PCE)
At any time; always; continually; or forever, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
To quit or leave entirely; to desert; to abandon; to depart from. To leave; to withdraw from; to fail. To abandon; to renounce; to reject.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Extending a great distance or duration; also to desire earnestly.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
A particular portion or part of duration, whether past, present or future.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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Open the full verse study1HOW long wilt thou forget me, O Lord? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
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Open the full verse study24Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
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Open the full verse study19Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy soul lothed Zion? why hast thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? we looked for peace, and there is no good; and for the time of healing, and behold trouble!
20We acknowledge, O Lord, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers: for we have sinned against thee.
21Do not abhor us, for thy name’s sake, do not disgrace the throne of thy glory: remember, break not thy covenant with us.
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Open the full verse study9¶ Be not wroth very sore, O Lord, neither remember iniquity for ever: behold, see, we beseech thee, we are all thy people.
10Thy holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.
11Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, is burned up with fire: and all our pleasant things are laid waste.
12Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things, O Lord? wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict us very sore?
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Open the full verse study1O GOD, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?
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Open the full verse study7Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be favourable no more?
8Is his mercy clean gone for ever? doth his promise fail for evermore?
9Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Selah.
10And I said, This is my infirmity: but I will remember the years of the right hand of the most High.
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Open the full verse study5How long, Lord? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire?
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Open the full verse study5Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations?
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Open the full verse study46How long, Lord? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?
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Open the full verse study3Lord, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?
4How long shall they utter and speak hard things? and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves?
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