LAMENTATIONS But it is the LORD who did just as he planned.
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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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)
(parentheses are mine) Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living
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