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
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like an enemy.
He has destroyed her palaces
and demolished her fortresses.
He has brought unending sorrow and tears
upon beautiful Jerusalem.
He has broken down his Temple
as though it was merely a garden shelter.
The LORD has blotted out all memory
of the holy festivals and Sabbath days.
Kings and priests fall together
before his fierce anger.
Yes, the Lord has vanquished Israel like an enemy.
Job 13:24
"Why to you turn away from me? Why do you treat me as your enemy?" (see all Job 13)
Job 16:9
"God hates me and angrily tears me apart.
He snaps his teeth at me
and pierces me with his eyes." (see all Job 16)
Job 19:11
"His fury burns against me,
he counts me as an enemy." (see all Job 19)
Job 33:10
" 'God is picking a quarrel with me,
he considers me his enemy.' " (see all Job 33)
He has destroyed her palaces and demolished her fortresses.
Lamentations 2:2
Without mercy the Lord has destroyed
every home in Israel.
In his anger he has broken down
the fortress walls of beautiful Jerusalem.
He has brought them to the ground,
dishonoring the kingdom and its rulers.
He has brought unending sorrow and tears upon beautiful Jerusalem.
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)
Isaiah 29:2
"Yet I will bring disaster upon you,
and there will be much weeping and sorrow.
For Jerusalem will become what her name Ariel means--
an altar covered in blood." (see all Isaiah 29)
Jeremiah 7:20
So this is what the Sovereign LORD says: "I will pour out my terrible fury on this place. Its people, animals, trees, and crops will be consumed by the unquenchable fire of my anger." (see Jeremiah 7:16-29)
Jeremiah 9:17-19
This is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies says:
"Consider all this, and call for the mourners.
Send for the women who mourn at funerals.
Quick! Begin your weeping!
Let the tears flow from your eyes.
Hear the people of Jerusalem crying in despair,
'We are ruined! We are completely humiliated!
We must leave our land,
because our homes have been torn down.' " (see all Jeremiah 9)
Jeremiah 42:18
"This is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies, the God of Israel says: 'Just as my anger and fury have been poured out on the people of Jerusalem, so they will be poured out on you, when you enter Egypt. You will be an object of damnation, horror, cursing, and mockery. And you will never see your homeland again.' " (see all Jeremiah 42-43)
(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
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