But Zion said, The LORD hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me.
Parallel translations
- WEB But Zion said, “Yahweh has forsaken me, and the Lord has forgotten me.”
- BSB But Zion said, “The LORD has forsaken me; the Lord has forgotten me!”
- NKJV But Zion said, “The Lord has forsaken me, And my Lord has forgotten me.”
- NASB ¶But Zion said, “The Lord has abandoned me, And the Lord has forgotten me.”
- NLT Yet Jerusalem says, “The Lord has deserted us; the Lord has forgotten us.”
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Quick answer
Zion complains that the LORD has forsaken and forgotten her, voicing the despair of God's people in exile.
Overview
In contrast to the song of joy, Zion gives voice to her sense of abandonment. Her lament is honest and sets up God's tender reply in the following verses. Such cries of feeling forsaken are answered not by denial but by God's faithful love, fully displayed when Christ Himself bore forsakenness (Matthew 27:46) so that His people never finally would.
Cross-references & the web
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- Rom 11:1–5I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.
- Isa 40:27Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from the LORD, and my judgment is passed over from my God?
- Lam 5:20Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time?
- Ps 31:22For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried unto thee.
- Jer 23:39Therefore, behold, I, even I, will utterly forget you, and I will forsake you, and the city that I gave you and your fathers, and cast you out of my presence:
- Ps 89:38–46But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with thine anointed.
- Ps 22:1My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?
- Ps 77:6–9I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart: and my spirit made diligent search.
- Ps 13:1How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
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