The Bible – Old Testament Lamentations Introduction The sixth century B.C. was an age of crisis, a turning point in the history of Israel. With the destruction of the temple and the interruption of its ritual, the exile of the leaders and loss of national sovereignty, an era came to an end. Not long after… Seguir leyendo Lamentations – Introduction
Categoría: LAMENTATIONS
Lamentations – Chapter 1
The Bible – Old Testament Lamentations Chapter 1 1 1 How lonely she is now, the once crowded city! Widowed is she who was mistress over nations; The princess among the provinces has been made a toiling slave. 2 Bitterly she weeps at night, tears upon her cheeks, With not one to console her of all… Seguir leyendo Lamentations – Chapter 1
Lamentations – Chapter 2
The Bible – Old Testament Lamentations Chapter 2 1 1 How the Lord in his wrath has detested daughter Zion! He has cast down from heaven to earth the glory of Israel, Unmindful of his footstool on the day of his wrath. 2 The Lord has consumed without pity all the dwellings of Jacob; He has… Seguir leyendo Lamentations – Chapter 2
Lamentations – Chapter 3
The Bible – Old Testament Lamentations Chapter 3 1 1 I am a man who knows affliction from the rod of his anger, 2 One whom he has led and forced to walk in darkness, not in the light; 3 Against me alone he brings back his hand again and again all the day. 4 He… Seguir leyendo Lamentations – Chapter 3
Lamentations – Chapter 4
The Bible – Old Testament Lamentations Chapter 4 1 How tarnished is the gold, how changed the noble metal; How the sacred stones lie strewn at every street corner! 2 Zion’s precious sons, fine gold their counterpart, Now worth no more than earthen jars made by the hands of a potter! 3 1 Even the jackals… Seguir leyendo Lamentations – Chapter 4
Lamentations – Chapter 5
The Bible – Old Testament Lamentations Chapter 5 1 Remember, O LORD, what has befallen us, look, and see our disgrace: 2 Our inherited lands have been turned over to strangers, our homes to foreigners. 3 We have become orphans, fatherless; widowed are our mothers. 4 The water we drink we must buy, for our… Seguir leyendo Lamentations – Chapter 5