Lamentations 1:5-7 Part 3 of 3

                                   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 

 

Her oppressors have become her masters,

    and her enemies prosper,

for the LORD has punished Jerusalem

    for her many sins.

Her children have been captured

    and taken away to distant lands.

All the majesty of beautiful Jerusalem

    has been stripped away.

Her princes are like starving deer

    searching for pasture.

They are too weak to run 

    from the pursuing enemy.

In the midst of her sadness and wandering,

    Jerusalem remembers her ancient splendor.

But now she has fallen to her enemy,

    and there is no one to help her.

Her enemy struck her down

    and laughed as she fell. 

 

In the midst of her sadness and wandering, Jerusalem remembers her ancient splendor. But now she has fallen to her enemy, and there is no one to help her. Her enemy struck her down and laughed as she fell.

Deuteronomy 32:37-38 

"Then he will ask, 'Where are their gods,

    the rocks they fled to for refuge?

Where now are those gods,

    who ate the fat of their sacrifices

    and drank the wine of their offerings?

Let those gods arise and help you!

    Let them provide you with shelter!' "  (see Deuteronomy 32:36-43)

Jeremiah 21:3-5  

    Jeremiah replied, "Go back to King Zedekiah and tell him, 'This is what the LORD, the God of Israel says: I will make your weapons useless against the king of Babylon and the Babylonians who are outside your walls attacking you. In fact, I will bring your enemies right into the heart of this city. I myself will fight against you with a strong hand and a powerful arm, for I am very angry. You have made me furious!' "  (see all Jeremiah 21)

Jeremiah 37:6-10  

    Then the LORD gave this message to Jeremiah: "This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: The king of Judah sent you to ask me what is going to happen. Tell him, 'Pharaoh's army is about to return to Egypt, though he came here to help you. Then the Babylonians will come back and capture this city and burn it to the ground.' "  (see all Jeremiah 37)

Lamentations 4:17  

We looked in vain for our allies

    to come and save us,

but we were looking to nations

    that could not help us. 

 

(parentheses are mine)

 

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