Lamentations 4

Message: A song of sorrow. This one begins from a different perspective. Each chapter seems to have a different perspective.

Time:  Jerusalem, in mourning, after it's fall, in 586 BC at the hands of the Assyrians (Babylon).

What the Lord is saying:

Possessions
Gold lost its shine. Dull.
Riches are scattered

People
The children of Jerusalem are treated like pots of clay.
The cries of people are ignored.
There is no food for the children.
Those with much now have nothing and are beggars.
Their guilt is greater than those of Sodom.
Princes once sparkled in appearance, now they are black, dry.
Those killed by the sword are better off than these beggars.
Women have cooked their own children to survive.

Why all of this? Sin. [We should see in this that God makes a big deal out of sin.]

They couldn't flee. Their enemies were always waiting for them. God did not shield them. People were caught in the snare they set up for themselves.

Promise: May these words remind us of the importance of the sin in our lives. We must surrender to the Lord. We must accept His provision in our life.