在哀歌五章末了以前，耶利米写得非常有人性，对以色列人有许多人性的同情和怜恤。虽然耶利米非常有人性，但他也是属神的人。到第五首哀歌的末了，在十九至二十二节，他转向耶和华。
十九节说，“耶和华阿，你存到永远，你的宝座，存到万代。”“耶和华阿，你存到永远，”这话指神永远的所是，指明祂没有改变。在人的范围里，改变随处发生。特别是在以色列人的光景中，许多事都改变了。但神永远的所是并没有改变；祂永远是一样的。“你的宝座，存到万代，”这话是指神永远、不变的行政。
在二十一节，耶利米说，“耶和华阿，求你转向我们，我们便得回转；求你复新我们的日子，像古时一样。”这话以命令的语气表达，指明耶利米认为，使以色列人回转的责任在于耶和华。他认为耶和华是主动者，以色列人是被动者。撒迦利亚十二章证明，这章说到以色列的全家得救。耶路撒冷被敌基督围困时，主耶稣要转向以色列人，向他们显现。然后他们要仰望祂，并要悔改。
在二十二节耶利米问耶和华两个问题，藉此结束他的写作：“或是你全然弃绝了我们，向我们大发烈怒？”耶和华没有全然弃绝以色列，也没有向他们大发烈怒。但他们需要等候祂，直到复兴的时候，那时祂要复兴以色列人，使他们在祂的人位里并在祂永远的国里，享受祂向他们列祖所应许的。
在第三首哀歌里，耶利米说到神的慈爱、怜恤和信实；在第五首哀歌末了，他诉诸神的所是和祂永远的宝座，就是祂那不变的行政。你比较珍赏那一个？你认为那一个更高？神永远的所是和宝座，比祂的慈爱、怜恤、信实更高。耶利米不是用神的慈爱、怜恤、和信实结束，乃是用神永远的所是和祂的宝座来结束这卷书。这是有力的标记，说出耶利米写哀歌时摸着神的经纶。虽然他的哀歌太在人性的感觉、味道、爱和同情里，但末了他从他的人性里出来，进到神的神性里，他摸着神的身位和神的宝座。
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The Fifth Lamentation — Lam. 5:21-22
Jeremiah wrote in a very human way, with much human sympathy and compassion for the children of Israel. Although Jeremiah was very human, he was also a man of God. Therefore, at the end of the fifth lamentation, in verses 19 through 22, he turned to Jehovah.
Verse 19 says, “You, O Jehovah, remain forever; / Your throne is from generation to generation.” The phrase “You, O Jehovah, remain forever” refers to God’s eternal being, and it indicates that there is no change with Him. In the human realm, changes take place in every way. In particular, many things changed in the situation of the children of Israel. But there was no change with God’s eternal being. He remains forever the same. “Your throne is from generation to generation” refers to God’s eternal and unchanging government.
In verse 21 Jeremiah continues, “Turn to us, O Jehovah, and we will be turned; / Renew our days as before.” This word, which is expressed as an imperative, indicates that Jeremiah considered that the responsibility for the turning of the children of Israel depended upon Jehovah. He considered that Jehovah was the active one and the children of Israel were the passive ones. This is proved by Zechariah 12, a chapter which speaks about Israel’s household salvation. When Jerusalem is besieged by Antichrist, the Lord Jesus will turn to the children of Israel and appear to them. They will then look on Him, the One whom they have pierced, and repent.
In verse 22 Jeremiah concluded his writing by asking two questions of Jehovah: “Have You utterly rejected us? / Are You exceedingly angry with us?” Jehovah had not utterly rejected Israel, nor was He exceedingly angry with them. But they needed to wait on Him until the time of restoration, when He will restore the children of Israel to be in His person and in His eternal kingdom to enjoy what He had promised to their forefathers.
In the third lamentation Jeremiah spoke of God’s lovingkindness, compassions and faithfulness, and at the end of the fifth lamentation he appealed to God’s eternal being and His eternal throne, His unchanging government. Which do you appreciate more and which do you consider higher? God’s eternal being and throne are higher than His lovingkindness, compassions and faithfulness. Jeremiah ended Lamentations not with God’s lovingkindness, compassions and faithfulness but with God’s eternal being and His throne. This is a strong sign that in writing Lamentations Jeremiah touched God’s economy. Although his lamentations were too much in his human feeling, taste, love and sympathy, at the end he came out of his being human and entered into God’s divinity. There, in 5:19, he touched God’s person and God’s throne.