Lamentations 5:20 (KJV)

Words Then and Now

Wherefore why; therefore Still heard today: the whys and wherefores, the reasons Webster’s 1828 · Wherefore

What these words mean in the King James Bible, and where you’ll still hear them today.

Thou and Ye

thou one person

In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?

Matthew Henry

Lamentations 5:17–22The people of God express deep concern for the ruins of the temple, more than for any other of their calamities. But whatever changes there are on earth, God...

Cross References

Psalms 13:1 <To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.> How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
Psalms 44:24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
Psalms 74:1 <Maschil of Asaph.> O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?
Psalms 77:7–10 Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be favourable no more? …
Psalms 79:5 How long, LORD? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire?
Psalms 85:5 Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations?
Psalms 89:46 How long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?
Psalms 94:3–4 LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph? …
Isaiah 64:9–12 Be not wroth very sore, O LORD, neither remember iniquity for ever: behold, see, we beseech thee, we are all thy people. …
Jeremiah 14:19–21 Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy soul lothed Zion? why hast thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? we looked for peace, and there is no good; and for the time of healing, and behold trouble! …

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Topics

Afflictions and adversities Prayer in
Doubting General scriptures concerning Doubting
Nation Prayer for Nation
Patriotism General scriptures concerning Patriotism
Poetry Acrostic
War Evils of War

Timeline

Timeline of the Bible588 BC · Jerusalem and the Temple Burned

Hebrew and Strong’s

Wherefore dost thou forget תִּשְׁכָּחֵנוּ tiškāḥēnû שָׁכַח Verb · qal imperfect, second person masculine singular · with suffix: first person common plural
us for ever לָמָּה lāmmâ Interrogative · with preposition לָנֶצַח lāneṣaḥ נֶצַח Noun · masculine singular · with preposition
forsake תַּעַזְבֵנוּ taʿazbēnû עָזַב Verb · qal imperfect, second person masculine singular · with suffix: first person common plural
us so long לְאֹרֶךְ lĕʾōrek אֹרֶךְ Noun · masculine singular construct · with preposition
time יָמִים yāmîm יוֹם Noun · masculine plural

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