21 "Oh, listen to my groans. No one listens, no one cares.
When my enemies heard of the trouble you gave me, they cheered.
Bring on Judgment Day! Let them get what I got!
I read that Lamentations is a collection of bleak poems following the destruction of Jerusalem in 586bc by Babylon, God does not speak in this book. so this may be a downer book, but it is relatively short.
This verse captured a thought I had while I was reading, that might be how any of us will feel if we are not saved and we are left feeling alone and in pain when Jesus returns. Feeling mistreated, but the reality is for those who are not saved they will have earned the position they find themselves in on Judgment Day.
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vs 5 Her enemies have become her masters.
ReplyDeleteI think you're right. This book is going to be a real downer.........after all. The author is lamenting about the city.
I read it in a the NIV and in the message. The message version made me laugh in the vernacular. But, you can hear the pain, and also the repsonsibility. It is very obvious that whatever torture is being talked about......is also deserved. That's the key to what you were talking about as well. Whichever side of the equation we land on, as people, we have to own it. If you want to be with God, then there are things that HAS to mean in life. Otherwise, you could look back and say, "yup....."