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Lamentations 5:22
unless You have utterly rejected us and remain angry with us beyond measure.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The speaker addresses the LORD immediately after pleading for restoration in Lamentations 5:21. The voice represents the ruined community of Judah confronting the reality of divine judgment.
The words — The Hebrew מְאַסְתָּנוּ (me'astanu) translates literally to "you have rejected us," while קָצַפְתָּ (qatzafta) means "you are angry." These verbs establish the conditional framework of the plea.
The thread — The text echoes covenant language of divine withdrawal found in Psalms 44:9 and Hosea 1:6. The concern over God's anger aligns with the restoration appeal in Psalms 60:1.
Why it lands — The verse requires a reader to acknowledge that renewal depends solely on God ceasing His anger. It demands a direct confrontation with the possibility of permanent divine rejection.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
But thou hast utterly rejected us; thou art very wroth against us.
Cross-references
- Psalms 60:1 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!
- 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.
- Psalms 44:9 But You have rejected and humbled us; You no longer go forth with our armies.
- 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!
- Jeremiah 15:1 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!
- 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.’