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Lamentations 5:21

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Turn thou us unto thee, O Lord, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.
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  1. Psalms 80:3Rank 1 from verse 21
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    3Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.

  2. Psalms 80:7Rank 2 from verse 21
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    7Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.

  3. Psalms 85:4Rank 3 from verse 21
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    4Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine anger toward us to cease.

  4. Jeremiah 31:18Rank 4 from verse 21
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    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.

  5. Psalms 80:19Rank 5 from verse 21
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    19Turn us again, O Lord God of hosts, cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.

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Lamentations 5:21

COMBINED MEANING

turn

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Sense 1: To change direction, position, condition, purpose, or allegiance; to cause such a change. Sense 2: One’s time or occasion in an order or succession.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

thou

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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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us

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The first-person plural object pronoun, referring to the speaker together with one or more others as recipients or objects of an action or relation.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

turned

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of turn, meaning to change direction, position, condition, purpose, or allegiance; to cause such a change.

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COMBINED MEANING

renew

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To make new again; to restore, re-establish, revive, strengthen, or begin again.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

old

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1. Advanced in age or existing for a long time. 2. Of the stated or specified age. 3. Ancient, former, previous, or worn.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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20Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time?

21Turn thou us unto thee, O Lord, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.

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22But thou hast utterly rejected us; thou art very wroth against us.

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