Lamentations 5:19

“Thou, O LORD, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to generation.”

"Thou, O LORD, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to generation." - Lamentations 5:19
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What does Lamentations 5:19 mean?

Lamentations 5:19 (KJV) reads, "Thou, O Lord, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to generation." This verse is the final verse in the book of Lamentations, which is a collection of laments or expressions of grief and mourning for the destruction of Jerusalem and the…

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Eternal Sovereignty: Finding Hope in Lamentations 5:19

In Lamentations 5:19, we find a profound declaration of faith amidst a backdrop of sorrow and devastation: "Thou, O LORD, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to generation." At first glance, the book of Lamentations is a somber reflection on the destruction of…

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Eternal Sovereignty: A Prayer of Reverence and Trust

Gracious and Eternal God, As we bow our heads before You this day, our hearts are filled with reverence for Your unchanging nature. The book of Lamentations teaches us amidst sorrow, loss, and yearning, that even in times of distress, we can turn to You, our steadfast Lord. We…

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Lamentations 5:19 – "You, Lord, reign forever; your throne endures from generation to generation."
Lamentations 5:19 - "Thou, O LORD, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to generation."
Lamentations 5:5 - "Our necks are under persecution: we labour, and have no rest."
Lamentations 3:19 - "Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall."
Lamentations 5:11 - "They ravished the women in Zion, and the maids in the cities of Judah."
Lamentations 5:3 - "We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows."
Lamentations 5:2 - "Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens."
Lamentations 5:17 - "For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dim."
Ezekiel 19:1 - "Moreover take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,"
Ezekiel 19:14 - "And fire is gone out of a rod of her branches, which hath devoured her fruit, so that she hath no strong rod to be a sceptre to rule. This is a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation."
Lamentations 5:7 - "Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities."
Lamentations 5:15 - "The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning."
Lamentations 5:6 - "We have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread."
Lamentations 5:18 - "Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it."
Lamentations 5:10 - "Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine."
Lamentations 5:13 - "They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood."
Lamentations 5:12 - "Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured."
Lamentations 3:5 - "He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail."
Lamentations 5:14 - "The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick."
Lamentations 4:19 - "Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles of the heaven: they pursued us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness."
Lamentations 5:9 - "We gat our bread with the peril of our lives because of the sword of the wilderness."
"Our necks are under persecution: we labour, and have no rest." - Lamentations 5:5
Lamentations 5:8 - "Servants have ruled over us: there is none that doth deliver us out of their hand."
Lamentations 5:1 - "Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach."
Lamentations 5:22 - "But thou hast utterly rejected us; thou art very wroth against us."
Lamentations 4:5 - "They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills."
Lamentations 5:4 - "We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us."
Lamentations 5:20 - "Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time?"
Lamentations 5:16 - "The crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned!"