Lamentations 5:19 (YLT)

Passage

Thou, O Jehovah, to the age remainest, Thy throne to generation and generation.

Nearby Context

Lamentations 5:17 For this hath our heart been sick, For these have our eyes been dim.

Lamentations 5:18 For the mount of Zion--that is desolate, Foxes have gone up on it.

Lamentations 5:19 Thou, O Jehovah, to the age remainest, Thy throne to generation and generation.

Lamentations 5:20 Why for ever dost Thou forget us? Thou forsakest us for length of days!

Lamentations 5:21 Turn us back, O Jehovah, unto Thee, And we turn back, renew our days as of old.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "thou", "jehovah", "remainest", "throne", and "generation". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "thou" and "jehovah", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 18's "For the mount of Zion--that is desolate..." into verse 20's "Why for ever dost Thou forget us...", so "thou" and "jehovah" 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 "thou" and "jehovah" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.