LAMENTATIONS
The faithful love of the LORD never ends!
His mercies never cease.
Great is his faithfulness;
his mercies begin afresh each morning.
Lamentations 3:22-23
Jerusalem, once so full of people,
is now deserted.
She who was once great among the nations
now sits alone like a widow.
Once queen of all the earth,
she is now a slave.
She sobs through the night;
tears stream down her cheeks.
Among all her lovers,
there is no one left to comfort her.
All her friends have betrayed her
and become her enemies.
Jerusalem, once so full of people, is now deserted.
Leviticus 26:43
"For the land must be abandoned to enjoy its years of Sabbath rest as it lies deserted. At last the people will pay for their sins, for they have continually rejected my regulations and despised my decrees." (see Leviticus 26:14-45)Isaiah 22:1-2
This message came to me concerning Jerusalem--the Valley of Vision:
What is happening?
Why is everyone running to the rooftops?
The whole city is in a terrible uproar.
What do I see in this reveling city?
Bodies are lying everywhere,
killed not in battle but by famine and disease. (see Isaiah 22:1-14)
Jeremiah 42:1-2
Then all the military leaders, including Johanan son of Kareah and Jezaniah son of Hoshaiah, and all the people, from the least to the greatest, approached Jeremiah the prophet. They said, "Please pray to the LORD your God for us. As you can see, we are only a tiny remnant compared to what we were before." (see all Jeremiah 42)
She who was once great among the nations now sits alone like a widow.
1 Kings 4:21
Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the Euphrates River in the north to the land of the Philistines and the border of Egypt in the south. The conquered people of those lands sent tribute money to Solomon and continued to serve him throughout his lifetime. (see 1 Kings 4:20-34)
Isaiah 3:16-17
The LORD says, "Beautiful Zion is haughty:
craning her elegant neck,
flirting with her eyes,
walking with dainty steps,
tinkling her ankle bracelets.
So the LORD will send scabs on her head;
the LORD will make beautiful Zion bald." (see Isaiah 3:16-24)
Once queen of all the earth, she is now a slave.
Isaiah 3:26
The gates of Zion will weep and mourn.
The city will be like a ravaged woman
huddled on the ground. (see all Isaiah 3)
Ezekiel 5:14-17
"So I will turn you into a ruin, a mockery in the eyes of the surrounding nations and to all who pass by. You will become an object of mockery and taunting and horror. You will be a warning to all the nations around you. They will see what happens when the LORD punishes a nation in anger and rebukes it, says the LORD.
"I will shower you with the deadly arrows of famine to destroy you. The famine will be more and more severe until every crumb of food is gone. And along with the famine, wild animals will attack you and rob you of your children. Disease and war will stalk your land, and I will bring the sword of the enemy against you. I, the LORD, have spoken!" (see all Ezekiel 5)
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