Charles Ellicott Commentary Lamentations 5:20

"Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, [And] forsake us so long time?" — Lamentations 5:20 (ASV)

Wherefore dost thou forget ... —This was the problem of the mystery of suffering then, as it has been at all times. Jehovah had seemed forgetful of His people, indifferent to their miseries.