What would we do if Wash DC was invaded and destroyed? How did we feel as the WTC towers fell? Violated, hurt, mad, and scared? Jeremiah writes his Lamentations on the fall and destruction of Jerusalem. It is his funeral dirge for the city. Ch1v20 pronounces this loudly, as does ch2v11. However, the message changes in ch3. Starting in v21, Jeremiah lays out his hope in God. The unfailing love of God never ends! Great is His faithfulness! He has hope in the Lord! Jeremiah goes on to accept the scouraging from Judah's enemies as if it were from God....and it was! V40, he impores those to examine their ways and turn to God in repentance. We experienced a little of that after 9-11, but that has faded. Only some of us still cling to the hope God has provided!
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