Lamentations 5:22

Modern

…unless You have utterly rejected us and remain angry with us beyond measure.

Traditional

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

Literal

…unless You have utterly rejected us, and remain angry with us even to exceedingly!

Latin

Sed projiciens repulisti nos: iratus es contra nos vehementer.

Hebrew

English

…unless You have utterly rejected us and remain angry with us beyond measure.

unless You have utterly rejected us: The tragedy of the exile caused people to ask whether God would forgive their sin and restore them.

God answered this question through the prophets (Isaiah 40:27–31; 41:8–20). He also answered it by sending Christ, who brought forgiveness and restoration (Matthew 9:2–6; 26:28; Luke 24:47).

This chapter is a sincere prayer asking for restoration (compare Daniel 9:4–19).

Theme notes and profiles

Hosea 1:6
Gomer again conceived and gave birth to a daughter, and the LORD said to Hosea, “Name her Lo-ruhamah, for I will no longer have compassion on the house of Israel, that I should ever forgive them.
Psalm 60:1–2
For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Lily of the Covenant.” A Miktam of David for instruction. When he fought Aram-naharaim and Aram-zobah, and Joab returned and struck down 12,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt. You have rejected us, O God; You have broken us; You have been angry; restore us!
Jeremiah 15:1–5
Then the LORD said to me: “Even if Moses and Samuel should stand before Me, My heart would not go out to this people. Send them from My presence, and let them go!
Psalm 44:9
But You have rejected and humbled us; You no longer go forth with our armies.
Ezekiel 37:11
Then He said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Look, they are saying, ‘Our bones are dried up, and our hope has perished; we are cut off.’
Isaiah 64:9
Do not be angry, O LORD, beyond measure; do not remember our iniquity forever. Oh, look upon us, we pray; we are all Your people!