Category: Biblical Reflections

Lamentations 5:1–22 (NKJV) 5:1 Remember, O Lord, what has come upon us;Look, and behold our reproach! 2 Our inheritance has been turned over to aliens, And our houses to foreigners. 3 We have become orphans and waifs,Our mothers are like widows. 4 We pay for the water we drink, And our wood comes at a … Continue reading Turn us Back, O Lord

Lamentations 4:1–22 (NKJV) 4:1 How the gold has become dim! How changed the fine gold! The stones of the sanctuary are scattered At the head of every street. 2 The precious sons of Zion, Valuable as fine gold, How they are regarded as clay pots, The work of the hands of the potter! Gold is … Continue reading The Gold Has Become Dim

Lamentations 3:30–66 (NKJV) 30 Let him give his cheek to the one who strikes him, And be full of reproach. 31 For the Lord will not cast off forever. 32 Though He causes grief, Yet He will show compassion According to the multitude of His mercies. 33 For He does not afflict willingly, Nor grieve … Continue reading Restoration Comes From Repentance

Lamentations 3:1–29 (NKJV) 3:1 I am the man who has seen affliction by the rod of His wrath. 2 He has led me and made me walk In darkness and not in light. 3 Surely He has turned His hand against me Time and time again throughout the day. 4 He has aged my flesh … Continue reading Great is Thy Faithfulness

Lamentations 2:1–22 (NKJV) 2:1 How the Lord has covered the daughter of Zion With a cloud in His anger! He cast down from heaven to the earth The beauty of Israel, And did not remember His footstool In the day of His anger. 2 The Lord has swallowed up and has not pitied All the … Continue reading Judgment Stings

Lamentations 1:1–22 (NKJV) The book of Lamentations describes the horrible condition of the city of Jerusalem after its conquest at the hands of Babylon.  The mourning and lament are palpable. 1:1 How lonely sits the city That was full of people! How like a widow is she, Who was great among the nations! The princess … Continue reading Jerusalem, the Lonely Widow

Jeremiah 52:1–34 (NKJV) 52:1 Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. 2 He also did evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that Jehoiakim had done. 3 For because of the anger of the … Continue reading Remembering the Fall of Jerusalem

Jeremiah 51:1–64 (NKJV) In the following poetic prophecy against Babylon, the Lord makes statements concerning the causes and the nature of the punishment He will inflict on the nation.  First, He states that He will remove the sinful through conquest.  He names the governors, satraps, officials, princes, and the lowly as objects of His wrath. … Continue reading When God Speaks

Jeremiah 50:1–46 (NKJV) 50:1 The word that the Lord spoke against Babylon and against the land of the Chaldeans by Jeremiah the prophet. 2 “Declare among the nations, Proclaim, and set up a standard; Proclaim—do not conceal it— Say, ‘Babylon is taken, Bel is shamed. Merodach is broken in pieces; Her idols are humiliated, Her … Continue reading Judgment on Babylon

Jeremiah 49:1–39 (NKJV) 49:1 Against the Ammonites. Thus says the Lord: “Has Israel no sons? Has he no heir? Why then does Milcom inherit Gad, And his people dwell in its cities? 2 Therefore behold, the days are coming,” says the Lord, “That I will cause to be heard an alarm of war In Rabbah … Continue reading Judgment on the Nations