Lamentations 5:20
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5:20Why do you keep on forgetting36 us?
Why do you forsake us so long?
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- 36 The Hebrew verb “forget” often means “to not pay attention to, ignore,” just as the Hebrew “remember” often means “to consider, attend to.” The verbs “to forget” and “to remember” are often used figuratively in scripture when God is the subject, particularly in contexts of judgment (God forgets his people) and restoration of blessing (God remembers his people). In this case, the verb “to forget” functions as a hypocatastasis (implied comparison), drawing a comparison between God’s judgment and rejection of Jerusalem to a person forgetting that Jerusalem even exists. God’s judgment of Jerusalem was so intense and enduring that it seemed as though he had forgotten her. The synonymous parallelism makes this clear.
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In other versions
ESVEnglish Standard Version
Why do you forget us forever,
why do you forsake us for so many days?
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
Why do you always forget us?
Why do you forsake us so long?
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
Why do you continually forget us,
abandon us for our entire lives?
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NLTNew Living Translation
Why do you continue to forget us?
Why have you abandoned us for so long?
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
Why have you forgotten us forever?
Why have you forsaken us for so long?
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KJV 1900King James Version
Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever,
And forsake us so long time?
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