Lamentations 1:11-14 Part 2 of 2

                                        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  

            I pray that God, the source of hope, will fill you completely 

        with joy and peace because you trust in him. Then you will overflow 

        with confident hope through the power of the Holy Spirit. Romans 15:13

 

Her people groan as they search for bread.

    They have sold their treasures for food to stay alive.

"O LORD, look," she mourns,

    "and see how I am despised."

"Does it mean nothing to you, all you who pass by?

    Look around to see if there is any suffering like mine,

which the LORD brought on me

    when he erupted in fierce anger.

He has sent fire from heaven that burns in my bones.

    He has placed a trap in my path and turned me back.

He has left me devastated,

    racked with sickness all day long.

He wove my sins into ropes 

    to hitch me to a yoke of captivity.

The LORD has sapped my strength and turned me over to my enemies;

    I am helpless in their hands." 

 

"He has sent fire from heaven that burns in my bones. He has left me devastated, racked with sickness all day long."

Job 19:6-7 

"But it is God who has wronged me,

    capturing me in his net.

I cry out, 'Help!' but no one answers me.

    I protest but there is no justice."  (see all Job 19)

Jeremiah 44:6  

"And so my fury boiled over and fell on the towns of Judah and into the streets of Jerusalem, and they are still a desolate ruin today."  (see all Jeremiah 44)

Psalm 102:3  

For my days disappear like smoke,

    and my bones burn like red-hot coals.  (see all Psalm 102)

 

He wove my sins into ropes to hitch me to a yoke of captivity. The LORD has sapped my strength and turned me over to my enemies; I am helpless in their hands." 

Proverbs 5:22  

An evil man is held captive by his own sins;

    they are ropes that catch and hold him.  (see Proverbs 5:21-23)

Jeremiah 15:13-14  

"At no cost to them,

    I will hand over your wealth and treasures

as plunder to your enemies,

    for sin runs rampant in your land.

I will tell your enemies to take you

    as captives to a foreign land.

For my anger blazes like a fire

    that will burn forever."  (see all Jeremiah 15)

Jeremiah 28:13-14  

"Go and tell Hananiah, 'This is what the LORD says: You have broken a wooden yoke, but you have replaced it with a yoke of iron. The LORD of Heaven's Armies, the God of Israel, says: I have put a yoke of iron on the necks of all these nations, forcing them into slavery under King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. I have put everything, even the wild animals, under his control.' "  (see all Jeremiah 28)

Deuteronomy 28:47-48  

"If you do not serve the LORD your God with joy and enthusiasm for the abundant benefits you have received, you will serve your enemies whom the LORD will send against you. You will be left hungry, thirsty, naked, and lacking in everything. The LORD will put an iron yoke on your neck, oppressing you harshly until he has destroyed you."  (see Deuteronomy 28:15-68) 

 

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