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Lamentations 5:20

NETBible	Why do you keep on forgetting¹ us? Why do you forsake us so long?
NIV © biblegateway Lam 5:20	Why do you always forget us? Why do you forsake us so long?
NASB © biblegateway Lam 5:20	Why do You forget us forever? Why do You forsake us so long?
NLT © biblegateway Lam 5:20	Why do you continue to forget us? Why have you forsaken us for so long?
MSG © biblegateway Lam 5:20	So why do you keep forgetting us? Why dump us and leave us like this?
BBE © SABDAweb Lam 5:20	Why have we gone from your memory for ever? why have you been turned away from us for so long?
NRSV © bibleoremus Lam 5:20	Why have you forgotten us completely? Why have you forsaken us these many days?
NKJV © biblegateway Lam 5:20	Why do You forget us forever, And forsake us for so long a time?
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KJV	Wherefore dost thou forget <07911> (8799) us for ever <05331>_, [and] forsake <05800> (8799) us so long <0753> time <03117>_? {so...: Heb. for length of days?}
NASB © biblegateway Lam 5:20	Why <04100> do You forget <07911> us forever <05331> ? Why do You forsake <05800> us so <0753> <3117> long <0753> <3117 >?
LXXM	ina <2443> CONJ ti <5100> I-ASN eiv <1519> PREP neikov {N-ASN} epilhsh {V-FMI-2S} hmwn <1473> P-GP kataleiqeiv <2641> V-FAI-2S hmav <1473> P-AP eiv <1519> PREP makrothta {N-GSM} hmerwn <2250> N-GPF
NET [draft] ITL	Why <04100> do you keep on <05331> forgetting <07911> us? Why do you forsake <05800> us so long <03117> <0753> ?
HEBREW	Mymy <03117> Kral <0753> wnbzet <05800> wnxkst <07911> xunl <05331> hml (5:20) <04100>

NETBible

Why do you keep on forgetting¹ us? Why do you forsake us so long?

NET Notes

¹tn The Hebrew verb “forget” often means “to not pay attention to, ignore,” just as the Hebrew “remember” often means “to consider, attend to.”

¹sn 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.