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) 

 

(parentheses are mine)

 

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