Devotions from Lamentations

Passage Read: Lamentations 1-4 Meditation Verses: 3:58-62 Jeremiah goes from how good it is for a man to bear the yoke while he is young, how good it is for him to sit in silence because the Lord has done this, to the Lord seeing…

Passage Read: Lamentations 1-4 Meditation Verses: 3:19-23 Thought These latter two verses are very famous and recited for comfort, but the context makes them even more tragic. In the midst of his affliction and the tragedy of the overthrow of Judah and Jerusalem, Jeremiah recognizes…

Passage Read: Lamentations 1-4 Meditation Verses: 4:13-16 The prophets and priests sinned against the Lord, shedding the blood of the righteous in their streets, so the people became defiled with blood. They themselves cried out that they were unclean, and the nations refused to give…