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Lamentations 5:19

¶You, Lord, rule forever; Your throne is from generation to generation.
Lamentations 5:19 · New American Standard Bible
Parallel translations
  • WEB You, Yahweh, remain forever; Your throne is from generation to generation.
  • KJV Thou, O LORD, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to generation.
  • BSB You, O LORD, reign forever; Your throne endures from generation to generation.
  • NKJV You, O Lord, remain forever; Your throne from generation to generation.
  • NLT But Lord, you remain the same forever! Your throne continues from generation to generation.

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Quick answer

In contrast to ruined Zion, the LORD reigns forever and His throne endures through all generations. God's eternal sovereignty is the anchor of hope.

Overview

Against the backdrop of a destroyed city and a fallen crown, the poet lifts his eyes to Yahweh, whose throne is unshaken and everlasting. This affirmation of God's enduring reign is the foundation for the prayer that follows. When everything earthly fails, the believer rests in the unchanging kingship of God, fully revealed in the eternal throne of Christ (Hebrews 1:8).

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 21

  • Ps 102:12But you, Yahweh, will remain forever; your renown endures to all generations.
  • Ps 45:6Your throne, God, is forever and ever. A scepter of equity is the scepter of your kingdom.
  • Heb 1:8–12But of the Son he says, “Your throne, O God, is forever and ever. The scepter of uprightness is the scepter of your Kingdom.
  • Ps 102:25–27Of old, you laid the foundation of the earth. The heavens are the work of your hands.
  • Ps 145:13Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom. Your dominion endures throughout all generations. Yahweh is faithful in all his words, and loving in all his deeds.
  • Ps 9:7But Yahweh reigns forever. He has prepared his throne for judgment.
  • Rev 1:8“I am the Alpha and the Omega, ” says the Lord God, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”
  • 1 Tim 1:17Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, to God who alone is wise, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.
  • Heb 13:8Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
  • Ps 146:10Yahweh will reign forever; your God, O Zion, to all generations. Praise Yah!
  • Ps 90:2Before the mountains were born, before you had formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, you are God.
  • Hab 1:12Aren’t you from everlasting, Yahweh my God, my Holy One? We will not die. Yahweh, you have appointed him for judgment. You, Rock, have established him to punish.
  • Deut 33:27The eternal God is your dwelling place. Underneath are the everlasting arms. He thrust out the enemy from before you, and said, ‘Destroy!’
  • Dan 2:44In the days of those kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed, nor shall its sovereignty be left to another people; but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever.
  • Dan 7:27The kingdom and the dominion, and the greatness of the kingdoms under the whole sky, shall be given to the people of the saints of the Most High: his kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him.
  • Dan 7:14There was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all the peoples, nations, and languages should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.
  • 1 Tim 6:15–16which in its own times he will show, who is the blessed and only Ruler, the King of kings, and Lord of lords;
  • Ps 10:16Yahweh is King forever and ever! The nations will perish out of his land.
  • Ps 29:10Yahweh sat enthroned at the Flood. Yes, Yahweh sits as King forever.
  • Rev 1:17–18When I saw him, I fell at his feet like a dead man. He laid his right hand on me, saying, “Don’t be afraid. I am the first and the last,
  • Rev 1:4John, to the seven assemblies that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace, from God, who is and who was and who is to come; and from the seven Spirits who are before his throne;

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  • VideoBibleProject — Lamentations videosBibleProject · Lay · Free · evangelical

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  • ReferenceInterlinear, lexicon & Strong'sBlue Letter Bible · Seminary · Free

    Hebrew/Greek interlinear, word definitions, and cross-references for this verse.

Christ at the center

The weeping over a ruined city and the steadfast mercies that are new every morning point to the man of sorrows who wept over Jerusalem and whose mercy rises new from the grave.

How Lamentations 5:19 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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