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Taking Responsibility
Turn thou us unto thee, O Lord, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.Lamentations 5:21 This scripture represents a heart that is ready to change its ways. When you look through this chapter, you see a documentation of the terrible things the Jews had gone through recorded here. They were really…
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Dimming Gold
How is the gold become dim! how is the most fine gold changed! the stones of the sanctuary are poured out in the top of every street.Lamentations 4:1 This scripture stood out to me this morning because gold is one shining object that we know doesn’t get dimmed. So, when gold is said to have…
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His Compassions Fail Not
It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. Lamentations 3: 22 Just one statement, affirming God’s compassion. To misbehave is so much like us. His mercies are so easy to see and His compassions so easy to take for granted. However, we can do better. Jeremiah’s poem…
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Love and Truth
Thy prophets have seen vain and foolish things for thee; and have not discovered thine iniquity, to turn away thy captivity; but have seen for thee false burdens and causes of banishment. Lamentations 2:14 The truth is that we need to learn to read the Bible ourselves. If you have a religious reference text and…
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Before It Is Too Late
The Lord is righteous; for I have rebelled against His commandment; hear, I pray you, all people, and behold my sorrow: my virgins and my young men are gone into captivity.Lamentations 1:18 Today, we move to the book of Lamentations, which follows the book of Jeremiah. Note that it was also written by Jeremiah. It…
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The People or the Building?
Also the pillars of brass that were in the house of the Lord, and the bases, and the brasen sea that was in the house of the Lord, the Chaldeans brake, and carried all the brass of them to Babylon.Jeremiah 52:17 When a Yoruba proverb says that the child you didn’t train will sell the…
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His Battle Axe
Thou art my battle axe and weapons of war; for with thee will I break in pieces nations, and with thee will I destroy Kingdoms.Jeremiah 51:20 God’s judgement requires executors. So, you are the one that will usually choose the side to be: His executor or His executed. And choosing that side becomes easy on…
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His Compassion is a Shield
In those days and in that time, saith the Lord, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none; and the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found: for I will pardon them whom I reserved.Jeremiah 50:20 This is a blissful future that God has promised Israel after they…
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He Loves the Children
Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me.Jeremiah 49:11 The compassionate God never leaves the orphan and widows without His care. Even though Edom and other nations who have also offended before God were being punished for their recalcitrance, He still showed compassion to the children caught…
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His Compassion Fails Not
Yet will I bring again the captivity of Moab in the latter days, saith the Lord. Thus far is the judgment of Moab.Jeremiah 48:47 We read of the judgement of Israel; till they were brought to ruins due to their stubbornness and refusal to repent despite many warnings from God’s prophets. Here, it is the…
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