Lamentations 2:20-22 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 

 

            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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"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 them lying in the streets--

    young and old,

boys and girls,

    killed by the swords of the enemy.

You have killed them in your anger,

    slaughtering them without mercy.

You have invited terrors from all around, 

    as though you were calling them to a day of feasting.

In the day of the LORD's anger,

    no one has escaped or survived.

The enemy has killed all the children

    whom I carried and raised." 

 

"You have invited terrors from all around, as though you were calling them to a day of feasting."  

Psalm 31:13  

I have heard the many rumors about me,

    and I am surrounded by terror.

My enemies conspire against me,

    plotting to take my life.  (see all Psalm 31)

Isaiah 24:17-18  

Terror and traps and snares will be your lot,

    you people of the earth.

Those who flee in terror will fall into a trap,

    and those who escape the trap will be caught in a snare.  (see all Isaiah 24)

 

"In the day of the LORD's anger, no one has escaped or survived."  

Jeremiah 11:11  

"Therefore, this is what the LORD says: I am going to bring calamity upon them, and they will not escape. Though they beg for mercy, I will not listen to their cries."  (see Jeremiah 11:1-17)

 

"The enemy has killed all the children whom I carried and raised." 

Job 27:14  

"They may have many children,

    but the children will die in war or starve to death."  (see all Job 27)

Jeremiah 10:20  

My home is gone,

    and no one is left to help me rebuild it.

My children have been taken away,

    and I will never see them again.  (see all Jeremiah 10)

Jeremiah 16:1-4  

    The LORD gave me another message. "Do not get married or have children in this place. For this is what the LORD says about the children born here in this city and about their mothers and fathers: They will die from terrible diseases. No one will mourn for them or bury them, and they will lie scattered on the ground like manure. They will die from war and famine, and their bodies will be food for the vultures and wild animals."  (see all Jeremiah 16)

Hosea 9:13  

"I have watched Israel become as beautiful as Tyre.

    But now Israel will bring out her children for slaughter."  (see all Hosea 9) 

 

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Lamentations 2:20-22 Part 2 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 

 

            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 

                                    🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏

 

"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 them lying in the streets--

    young and old,

boys and girls,

    killed by the swords of the enemy.

You have killed them in your anger,

    slaughtering them without mercy.

You have invited terrors from all around, 

    as though you were calling them to a day of feasting.

In the day of the LORD's anger,

    no one has escaped or survived.

The enemy has killed all the children

    whom I carried and raised." 

 

"See them lying in the streets--young and old, boys and girls, killed by the swords of the enemy. You have killed them in your anger, slaughtering them without mercy."

Deuteronomy 32:25  

" 'Outside, the sword will bring death,

    and inside, terror will strike

both young men and young women,

    both infants and the aged.' "  (see Deuteronomy 32:19-27)

2 Chronicles 36:17  

So the LORD brought the king of Babylon against them. The Babylonians killed Judah's young men, even chasing after them into the Temple. They had no pity on the people, killing both young men and young women, the old and the infirm. God handed all of them over to Nebuchadnezzar.  

(see 2 Chronicles 36:11-21)

Psalm 78:62-63  

He gave his people over to be butchered by the sword,

    because he was so angry with his own people--his special possession.

Their young men were killed by fire;

    their young women died before singing their wedding songs.  

    (see Psalm 78:56-64)

Jeremiah 6:10-11  

To whom can I give warning?

    Who will listen when I speak?

Their ears are closed,

    and they cannot hear.

They scorn the word of the LORD.

    They don't want to listen at all.

So now I am filled with the LORD's fury.

    Yes, I am tired of holding it in!

"I will pour out my fury on children playing in the streets

    and on gatherings of young men,

on husbands and wives

    and on those who are old and gray."  (see Jeremiah 6:1-15)

Jeremiah 13:13-14  

"Then tell them, 'No, this is what the LORD means: I will fill everyone in this land with drunkenness--from the king sitting on David's throne to the priests and the prophets, right down to the common people of Jerusalem. I will smash them against each other, even parents against children, says the LORD. I will not let my pity or mercy or compassion keep me from destroying them.' "  (see Jeremiah 13:8-14)

Lamentations 3:43  

"You have engulfed us with your anger, chased us down,

    and slaughtered us without mercy."  (see Lamentations 3:43-45)

Zechariah 11:6  

"Likewise, I will no longer have pity on the people of the land," says the LORD. "I will let them fall into each other's hands and into the hands of their king. They will turn the land into a wilderness, and I will not rescue them."  

(see all Zechariah 11) 

 

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Lamentations 2:20-22 Part 1 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 

 

            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 

                                    🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏

 

"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 them lying in the streets--

    young and old,

boys and girls,

    killed by the swords of the enemy.

You have killed them in your anger,

    slaughtering them without mercy.

You have invited terrors from all around, 

    as though you were calling them to a day of feasting.

In the day of the LORD's anger,

    no one has escaped or survived.

The enemy has killed all the children

    whom I carried and raised." 

 

"O LORD, think about this! Should you treat your own people this way?"

Exodus 32:11  

    But Moses tried to pacify the LORD his God. "O LORD!" he said. "Why are you so angry with your own people whom you brought from the land of Egypt with such great power and such a strong hand?"  (see all Exodus 32)

Deuteronomy 9:26  

"I prayed to the LORD and said, 'O Sovereign LORD, do not destroy them. They are your own people. They are your special possession, whom you redeemed from Egypt by your mighty power and your strong hand.' "  

(see all Deuteronomy 9) 

 

"Should mothers eat their own children, those they once bounced on their knees?  

Deuteronomy 28:53  

    "The siege and terrible distress of the enemy's attack will be so severe that you will eat the flesh of your own sons and daughters, whom the LORD your God has given you."  (see Deuteronomy 28:53-57)

Jeremiah 19:9  

" 'I will see to it that your enemies lay siege to the city until all the food is gone. Then those trapped inside will eat their own sons and daughters and friends. They will be driven to utter despair.' "  (see all Jeremiah 19)

Lamentations 4:10  

Tenderhearted women

    have cooked their own children.

They have eaten them

    to survive the siege.

Ezekiel 5:10  

"Parents will eat their own children, and children will eat their parents. I will punish you and scatter to the winds the few who survive."  (see all Ezekiel 5)

 

"Should priests and prophets be killed within the Lord's Temple?" 

Psalm 78:64  

Their priests were slaughtered,

    and their widows could not mourn their deaths.  (see Psalm 78:56-64)

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 no war or famine will come, but they themselves will die by war and famine!"  (see Jeremiah 14:11-16)

Jeremiah 23:11-12  

"Even the priests and prophets

    are ungodly, wicked men.

I have seen their despicable acts

    right here in my own Temple,"     

    says the LORD.

"Therefore, the paths they take

    will become slippery.

They will be chased through the dark,

    and there they will fall.

For I will bring disaster upon them

    at the time fixed for their punishment.

    I, the LORD have spoken!"

Lamentations 1:14  

"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." 

Lamentations 4:13  

Yet it happened because of the sins of her prophets

    and the sins of her priests,

who defiled the city

    by shedding innocent blood.  (see Lamentations 4:12-16)  

 

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Lamentations 2:17-19 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 

                                    🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏

 

But it is the LORD who did just as he planned.

    He has fulfilled the promises of disaster

    he made long ago.

He has destroyed Jerusalem without mercy.

    He has caused her enemies to gloat over her

    and has given them power over her.

Cry aloud before the Lord,

    O walls of beautiful Jerusalem!

Let your tears flow like a river

    day and night.

Give yourselves no rest;

    give your eyes no relief.

Rise during the night and cry out.

    Pour out your hearts like water to the Lord.

Lift up your hands to him in prayer,

    pleading for your children,

for in every street

    they faint with hunger. 

 

Cry aloud before the Lord, O walls of beautiful Jerusalem! Let your tears flow like a river day and night. Give yourselves no rest; give your eyes no relief. 

Psalm 119:145-146  

I pray with all my heart; answer me, LORD!

    I will obey your decrees.

I cry out to you; rescue me,

    that I may obey your laws.  (see Psalm 119:145-152)

Jeremiah 9:1  

If only my head were a pool of water

    and my eyes a fountain of tears,

I would weep day and night

    for all my people who have been slaughtered.  (see all Jeremiah 9)

Lamentations 1:16  

"For all these things I weep;

    tears flow down my cheeks.

No one is here to comfort me;

    any who might encourage me are far away.

My children have no future,

    for the enemy has conquered us."

Lamentations 2:8  

The LORD was determined 

    to destroy the walls of beautiful Jerusalem.

He made careful plans for their destruction,

    then did what he had planned.

Therefore, the ramparts and walls

    have fallen down before him.

 

Rise during the night and cry out. Pour out your hearts like water to the Lord. Lift up your hands to him in prayer, pleading for your children, for in every street they faint with hunger. 

1 Samuel 1:15-16  

    "Oh no, sir!" she replied. "I haven't been drinking wine or anything stronger. But I am very discouraged, and I was pouring out my heart to the LORD. Don't think I am a wicked woman! For I have been praying out of great anguish and sorrow."  (see all 1 Samuel 1)

Psalm 42:3-4  

Day and night I have only tears for food,

    while my enemies continually taunt me, saying,

    "Where is this God of yours?"

My heart is breaking

    as I remember how it used to be:

I walked among the crowds of worshipers,

    leading a great procession to the house of God,

singing for joy and giving thanks

    amid the sound of great celebration!  (see all Psalm 42)

Isaiah 26:9  

In the night I search for you;

    in the morning I earnestly seek you.

For only when you come to judge the earth

    will people learn what is right.  (see all Isaiah 26)

Isaiah 51:20  

For your children have fainted and lie in the streets,

    helpless as antelopes caught in a net.

The LORD has poured out his fury;

    God has rebuked them.  (see all Isaiah 51)

Lamentations 2:11  

I have cried until tears no longer come;

    my heart is broken.

My spirit is poured out in agony

    as I see the desperate plight of my people.

Little children and tiny babies

    are fainting and dying in the streets. 

 

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Lamentations 2:17-19 Part 1 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 

                                    🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏

 

But it is the LORD who did just as he planned.

    He has fulfilled the promises of disaster

    he made long ago.

He has destroyed Jerusalem without mercy.

    He has caused her enemies to gloat over her

    and has given them power over her.

Cry aloud before the Lord,

    O walls of beautiful Jerusalem!

Let your tears flow like a river

    day and night.

Give yourselves no rest;

    give your eyes no relief.

Rise during the night and cry out.

    Pour out your hearts like water to the Lord.

Lift up your hands to him in prayer,

    pleading for your children,

for in every street

    they faint with hunger. 

 

But it is the LORD who did just as he planned. He has fulfilled the promises of disaster he made long ago.

Deuteronomy 28:20  

    "The LORD himself will send on you curses, confusion, and frustration in everything you do, until at last you are completely destroyed for doing evil and abandoning me."

Jeremiah 39:16-17  

"Say to Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, 'This is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies, the God of Israel, says: I will do to this city everything I have threatened. I will send disaster, not prosperity. You will see its destruction, but I will rescue you from those you fear so much.' "  

(see Jeremiah 38:1-13, 39:15-18)

Ezekiel 5:11  

    "As surely as I live, says the Sovereign LORD, I will cut you off completely. I will show you no pity at all because you have defiled my Temple with your vile images and detestable sins."  (see all Ezekiel 5)

Ezekiel 7:9  

"I will turn my eyes away and show not pity.

    I will repay you for all your detestable sins.

Then you will know that it is I, the LORD,

    who is striking the blow."  (see all Ezekiel 7)

Ezekiel 8:17-18  

    "Have you seen this, son of man?" he asked. "Is it nothing to the people of Judah that they commit these detestable sins, leading the whole nation into violence, thumbing their noses at me, and provoking my anger? Therefore, I will respond in fury. I will neither pity not spare them. And though they cry for mercy, I will not listen."  (see all Ezekiel 8)

Zechariah 1:6  

"But everything I said through my servants the prophets happened to your ancestors, just as I said. As a result, they repented and said, 'We have received what we deserved from the LORD of Heaven's Armies. He has done what he said he would do.' "  (see all Zechariah 1)

 

He has destroyed Jerusalem without mercy. He has caused her enemies to gloat over her and has given them power over her. 

Deuteronomy 28:43  

    "The foreigners living among you will become stronger and stronger, while you become weaker and weaker."  (see Deuteronomy 28:15-68)

Psalm 89:42  

You have strengthened his enemies

    and made them all rejoice.  (see all Psalm 89)

Lamentations 1:5  

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.  (see all Lamentations 1)

Lamentations 2:2  

Without mercy the Lord has destroyed

    every home in Israel.

In his anger he has broken down

    the fortress walls of Jerusalem.

He has brought them to the ground,

    dishonoring the kingdom and its rulers.  (see all Lamentations 2)  

 

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Lamentations 2:15-16

                                       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 

                                    🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏

 

All who pass by jeer at you.

    They scoff and insult beautiful Jerusalem, saying,

"Is this the city called 'Most Beautiful in all the World' 

    and 'Joy of all the Earth'?"

All your enemies mock you.

    They scoff and snarl and say,

"We have destroyed her at last!

    We have long waited for this day,

    and it is finally here!"

 

All who pass by jeer at you. They scoff and insult beautiful Jerusalem, 

Deuteronomy 28:37  

"You will become an object of horror, ridicule and mockery among all the nations to which the LORD sends you."  (see Deuteronomy 28:15-68) 

Job 27:23  

"But everyone jeers at them

    and mocks them."  (see all Job 27)

Jeremiah 18:16  

"Therefore, their land will become desolate,

    a monument to their stupidity.

All who pass by will be astonished 

    and will shake their heads in amazement."  (see Jeremiah 18:1-17)

Jeremiah 19:8 

" 'I will reduce Jerusalem to ruins, making it a monument to their stupidity. All who pass by will be astonished and will gasp at the destruction they see there.' "  (see all Jeremiah 19)

 

saying, "Is this the city called 'Most Beautiful in all the World' and 'Joy of all the Earth'?"  

Psalm 48:2  

It is high and magnificent;

    the whole earth rejoices to see it! 

Mount Zion, the holy mountain,

    is the city of the great King!  (see all Psalm 48)

Psalm 50:2  

From Mount Zion, the perfection of beauty,

    God shines in glorious radiance.  (see all Psalm 50)

Ezekiel 16:14  

"Your fame soon spread throughout the world because of your beauty. I dressed you in my splendor and perfected your beauty, says the Sovereign LORD."  (see all Ezekiel 16)

 

All your enemies mock you. They scoff and snarl and say, "We have destroyed her at last! We have long waited for this day, and it is finally here!"  

Job 16:10  

People jeer and laugh at me.

    They slap my cheek in contempt.

    A mob gathers against me."  (see all Job 16)

Psalm 35:25 

Don't let them say, "Look, we got what we wanted!

    Now we will eat him alive!"  (see all Psalm 35)

Lamentations 3:45-46  

"You have discarded us as refuse and garbage

    among the nations.

All our enemies

    have spoken out against us."  (see Lamentations 3:40-51)

Micah 4:11  

Now many nations have gathered against you.

    "Let her be desecrated," they say.

    "Let us see the destruction of Jerusalem."  (see all Micah 4)

Ezekiel 36:2  

"This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Your enemies have taunted you, saying, 'Aha! Now the ancient heights belong to us!' "  (see all Ezekiel 36) 

 

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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.

        

Lamentations 2:13-14 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 

                                    🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏

 

What can I say about you?

    Who has ever seen such sorrow?

O daughter of Jerusalem,

    to what can I compare your anguish?

O virgin daughter of Zion,

    how can I comfort you?

For your wound is as deep as the sea.

    Who can heal you?

Your prophets have said

    so many foolish things, false to the core.

They did not save you from exile

    by pointing out your sins.

Instead they painted false pictures,

    filling you with false hope.  

  

Your prophets have said so many foolish things, false to the core. They did not save you from exile by pointing out your sins. Instead they painted false pictures, filling you with false hope.  (continued)

Jeremiah 23:25-27 

    "I have heard these prophets say, 'Listen to the dream I had from God last night.' And then they proceed to tell lies in my name. How long will this go on? If they are prophets, they are prophets of deceit, inventing everything they say. By telling these false dreams, they are trying to get my people to forget me, just as their ancestors did by worshiping the idols of Baal."

Jeremiah 23:30-32  

    "Therefore," says the LORD, "I am against these prophets who steal messages from each other and claim they are from me. I am against these smooth-tongued prophets who say, 'This prophecy is from the LORD!' I am against these false prophets. Their imaginary dreams are flagrant lies that lead my people into sin. I did not send or appoint them, and they have no message at all for my people. I, the LORD, have spoken!"  (see all Jeremiah 23)

Jeremiah 28:15-17  

    Then Jeremiah the prophet said to Hananiah, "Listen, Hananiah! The LORD has not sent you, but the people believe your lies. Therefore, this is what the LORD says: 'You must die. Your life will end this very year because you have rebelled against the LORD.' "

    Two months later the prophet Hananiah died.  (see all Jeremiah 28)

Jeremiah 29:8-9  

    This is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies, the God of Israel says: "Do not let your prophets and fortune-tellers who are with you in the land of Babylon trick you. Do not listen to their dreams, because they are telling you lies in my name. I have not sent them," says the LORD.  (see all Jeremiah 29)

Ezekiel 13:2-3  

"Son of man, prophesy against the false prophets of Israel who are inventing their own prophecies. Say to them, 'Listen to the word of the LORD. This is what the Sovereign LORD says: What sorrow awaits the false prophets who are following their own imaginations and have seen nothing at all!' "  

(see all Ezekiel 13) 

 

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