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
but no one comforts her.
Regarding his people Israel,
the LORD has said,
"Let their neighbors be their enemies!
Let them be thrown away like filthy rags!"
"The LORD is right," Jerusalem says,
"for I rebelled against him.
Listen people everywhere;
look upon my anguish and despair,
for my sons and daughters
have been taken captive to distant lands.
I begged my allies for help,
but they betrayed me.
My priests and leaders
starved to death in the city,
even as they searched for food
to save their lives."
"Listen, people everywhere; look upon my anguish and despair, for my sons and daughters have been taken captive to distant lands."
Deuteronomy 28:32
"You will watch as your sons and daughters are taken away as slaves. Your heart will break for them, but you won't be able to help them."Deuteronomy 28:41
"You will have sons and daughters, but you will lose them, for they will be led away into captivity." (see Deuteronomy 28:15-68)
Lamentations 1:12
"Does this mean nothing to you, all you who pass by?
Look around and see if there is any suffering like mine,
which the LORD brought on me
when he erupted in fierce anger."
I begged my allies for help, but they betrayed me. My priests and leaders starved to death in the city, even as they searched for food to save their lives."
Jeremiah 14:15
"Therefore, this is what the LORD says: I will punish these lying prophets, for they have spoken in my name even though I never sent them. They say that no war or famine will come, but they themselves will die by war and famine!" (see all Jeremiah 14)
Jeremiah 22:20
"Weep for your allies in Lebanon.
Shout for them in Bashan.
Search for them in the regions east of the river.
See, they are all destroyed.
Not one is left to help you." (see Jeremiah 22:13-23)
Lamentations 1:2
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.
Lamentations 2:20
"O LORD, think about this!
Should you treat your own people this way?
Should mothers eat their own children,
those they once bounced on their knees?
Should priests and prophets be killed
within the LORD's Temple?" (see Lamentations 2:13-22)
(parentheses are mine) Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living
Translation, copyright ©1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation.
Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Carol Stream, Illinois
60188. All rights reserved. Limited to 15 verses per post.
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