Lamentations 5:20 (DRB)

Passage

Why wilt thou forget us for ever? why wilt thou forsake us for a long time?

Nearby Context

Lamentations 5:18 For mount Sion, because it is destroyed, foxes have walked upon it.

Lamentations 5:19 But thou, O Lord, shalt remain for ever, thy throne from generation to generation.

Lamentations 5:20 Why wilt thou forget us for ever? why wilt thou forsake us for a long time?

Lamentations 5:21 Convert us, O Lord, to thee, and we shall be converted: renew our days, as from the beginning.

Lamentations 5:22 But thou hast utterly rejected us, thou art exceedingly angry with us.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "wilt", "thou", "forget", "ever", "forsake", and "long". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "wilt" and "thou", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 19's "But thou O Lord shalt remain for..." into verse 21's "Convert us O Lord to thee and...", so "wilt" and "thou" belong inside that flow. In Lamentations context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "wilt" and "thou" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.