Lamentations Devotionals

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1. Lamentations 1: Sorrow and Confession Together

   Lamentations opens in ruins. Jerusalem, once full of people and great among the nations, sits alone like a widow, reduced to slavery (1:1). She weeps through the night, and among…

2. Lamentations 2: Where to Run in Ruin

   Lamentations 2 is one of the hardest chapters in the Bible. The Lord himself has become like an enemy to Jerusalem (2:5). He has torn down walls and palaces, rejected his own…

3. Lamentations 3: Hope Called to Mind

   Lamentations 3 begins in deep darkness. A man describes himself as one who has suffered under the rod of God's anger (3:1). God has walled him in, shut out his prayer, and filled…

4. Lamentations 4: When Every Security Fails

   Lamentations 4 measures how far Zion has fallen. Gold has lost its shine, and the precious sons of the city are now treated like clay pots (4:1-2). Children plead for food and…

5. Lamentations 5: Praying From the Ruins

   Lamentations closes with a prayer from the whole community. They ask the LORD to remember what has happened and to look at their shame (5:1). Strangers hold their land, and they…