NET Bible
"Why do you keep on forgetting us? Why do you forsake us so long?"
— Lamentations 5:20, NET Bible
“Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time?”
“Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, Andforsake us so long time? ”
“Why do you forget us forever, [And] forsake us so long time?”
“Why wilt thou forget us for ever? why wilt thou forsake us for a long time?”
“Why have we gone from your memory for ever? why have you been turned away from us for so long?”
“Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time?”
Because of this, our hearts are sick; because of these things, we can hardly see through our tears.
For wild animals are prowling over Mount Zion, which lies desolate.
But you, O LORD, reign forever; your throne endures from generation to generation.
Why do you keep on forgetting us? Why do you forsake us so long?
Bring us back to yourself, O LORD, so that we may return to you; renew our life as in days before,
unless you have utterly rejected us and are angry with us beyond measure.