Lamentations 5:21

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Bring us back to you, Lord. We will gladly come back to you. Make our lives as they were before.

Cross References

Psalm 80:3

God, accept us again. Smile down on us and save us!

Psalm 80:7

God All-Powerful, accept us again. Smile down on us and save us!

Psalm 85:4

Our God and Savior, accept us again. Don’t be angry with us anymore.

Jeremiah 31:18

I have heard Ephraim crying: ‘Lord, you punished me, and I learned my lesson. I was like a calf that was never trained. Please stop punishing me, and I will come back to you. You really are the Lord my God.

Psalm 80:19

Lord God All-Powerful, accept us again. Smile down on us and save us!

Habakkuk 3:2

Lord, I have heard the news about you. I am amazed, Lord, at the powerful things you did in the past. Now I pray that you will do great things in our time. Please make these things happen in our own days. But in your anger, remember to show mercy to us. Selah

Ezekiel 36:37

This is what the Lord GOD says: “I will also let the family of Israel come to me and ask me to do these things for them. I will make them grow and become many people. They will be like flocks of sheep.

Jeremiah 33:13

Shepherds will count their sheep as the sheep walk in front of them. They will be counting their sheep all around the country—in the hill country, in the western foothills, in the Negev, and in all the other towns of Judah.”

Jeremiah 33:10

“This is what the Lord says: ‘You people say that your country is an empty desert. There are no people or animals living there.’ It is now quiet in the streets of Jerusalem and in the towns of Judah. But it will be noisy there soon.

Jeremiah 31:4

Israel, my bride, I will rebuild you. You will be a country again. You will pick up your tambourines again. You will dance with all the other people who are having fun.

1 Kings 18:37

Lord, answer my prayer. Show these people that you, Lord, are God and that you are the one who is bringing them back to you.”

Malachi 3:4

Then the Lord will accept the gifts from Judah and Jerusalem. It will be as it was in the past—as the time long ago.

Isaiah 60:20

Your sun will never go down again. Your moon will never again be dark. That’s because the Lord will be your light forever, and the dark days of mourning will end.

Jeremiah 30:20

Jacob’s family will be like the family of Israel long ago. I will make Israel and Judah strong, and I will punish those who hurt them.”