How long will you forget me, Lord?\par Will you forget me forever?\par How long will you refuse to accept me? {\cf2\super [72]} \par
Isaiah 49:14 - Easy To Read Version But now Zion {\cf2\super [415]} says,\par “The Lord left me.\par My Master forgot me.”\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But Zion said, The LORD hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But Zion [Jerusalem, her people as seen in captivity] said, The Lord has forsaken me, and my Lord has forgotten me. American Standard Version (1901) But Zion said, Jehovah hath forsaken me, and the Lord hath forgotten me. Common English Bible But Zion says, “The LORD has abandoned me; my Lord has forgotten me.” Catholic Public Domain Version And Zion said: "The Lord has abandoned me, and the Lord has forgotten me." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And Sion said: The Lord hath forsaken me, and the Lord hath forgotten me. |
How long will you forget me, Lord?\par Will you forget me forever?\par How long will you refuse to accept me? {\cf2\super [72]} \par
My God, my God!\par Why did you leave me?\par You are too far away to save me!\par You are too far away to hear my cries for help!\par
I was afraid, and I said,\par “I am in a place where God can’t see me.”\par But I prayed to you, God,\par and you heard my loud prayers for help.\par
People of Jacob, this is true!\par Israel, you should believe this!\par So why do you say:\par “The Lord can’t see the way I live.\par God will not find me and punish me.”\par
Heavens and Earth, be happy!\par Mountains, shout with joy!\par Why? Because the Lord comforts his people.\par The Lord is good to his poor people.\par
\{But I say\},\par “Can a woman forget her baby? No!\par Can a woman forget the child\par that came from her body?\par No! A woman can’t forget her children.\par And I (the Lord) can’t forget you.\par
You were like a woman\par whose husband had left her.\par You were very sad in your spirit,\par but the Lord called you to be his.\par You were like a woman that married young, and her husband left her.\par But God called you to be his.\par
But you called my message a heavy load, so I will pick you up like a heavy load and throw you away from me. I gave the city of Jerusalem to your ancestors. {\cf2\super [195]} But I will throw you and that city away from me.
You seem to have forgotten us forever, Lord.\par You seem to have left us alone\par for such a long time.\par
“So, Son of man, {\cf2\super [267]} speak to the family of Israel for me. Those people might say, ‘We have sinned and broken the law. Our sins are too heavy to bear. We rot away because of those sins. What can we do to live?’