Old Testament

He hath bent his bow like an enemy: he stood with his right hand as an adversary, and slew all that were pleasant to the eye in the tabernacle of the daughter of Zion: he poured out his fury like fire. < Lamentations 2:3 | > Lamentations 2:5 Reflection Lamentations 2:4 sits within Lamentations, poetic […]

The Lord was as an enemy: he hath swallowed up Israel, he hath swallowed up all her palaces: he hath destroyed his strong holds, and hath increased in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation. < Lamentations 2:4 | > Lamentations 2:6 Reflection Lamentations 2:5 sits within Lamentations, poetic lament over Jerusalem, where Scripture often […]

And he hath violently taken away his tabernacle, as if it were of a garden: he hath destroyed his places of the assembly: the LORD hath caused the solemn feasts and sabbaths to be forgotten in Zion, and hath despised in the indignation of his anger the king and the priest. < Lamentations 2:5 | […]

The Lord hath cast off his altar, he hath abhorred his sanctuary, he hath given up into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces; they have made a noise in the house of the LORD, as in the day of a solemn feast. < Lamentations 2:6 | > Lamentations 2:8 Reflection Lamentations […]

The LORD hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion: he hath stretched out a line, he hath not withdrawn his hand from destroying: therefore he made the rampart and the wall to lament; they languished together. < Lamentations 2:7 | > Lamentations 2:9 Reflection Lamentations 2:8 sits within Lamentations, poetic lament […]

Her gates are sunk into the ground; he hath destroyed and broken her bars: her king and her princes are among the Gentiles: the law is no more; her prophets also find no vision from the LORD. < Lamentations 2:8 | > Lamentations 2:10 Reflection Lamentations 2:9 sits within Lamentations, poetic lament over Jerusalem, where […]

I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath. < Lamentations 2:22 | > Lamentations 3:2 Reflection Lamentations 3:1 sits within Lamentations, poetic lament over Jerusalem, where Scripture often draws attention to grief, confession, mercy, and hope amid devastation. This verse may be brief, but its words are not accidental. […]

He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places. < Lamentations 3:9 | > Lamentations 3:11 Reflection Lamentations 3:10 sits within Lamentations, poetic lament over Jerusalem, where Scripture often draws attention to grief, confession, mercy, and hope amid devastation. This verse may be brief, but its words […]

He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate. < Lamentations 3:10 | > Lamentations 3:12 Reflection Lamentations 3:11 sits within Lamentations, poetic lament over Jerusalem, where Scripture often draws attention to grief, confession, mercy, and hope amid devastation. This verse may be brief, but its words are […]

He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow. < Lamentations 3:11 | > Lamentations 3:13 Reflection Lamentations 3:12 sits within Lamentations, poetic lament over Jerusalem, where Scripture often draws attention to grief, confession, mercy, and hope amid devastation. This verse may be brief, but its words are not accidental. […]

He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins. < Lamentations 3:12 | > Lamentations 3:14 Reflection Lamentations 3:13 sits within Lamentations, poetic lament over Jerusalem, where Scripture often draws attention to grief, confession, mercy, and hope amid devastation. This verse may be brief, but its words are not accidental. By […]

I was a derision to all my people; and their song all the day. < Lamentations 3:13 | > Lamentations 3:15 Reflection Lamentations 3:14 sits within Lamentations, poetic lament over Jerusalem, where Scripture often draws attention to grief, confession, mercy, and hope amid devastation. This verse may be brief, but its words are not accidental. […]

He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood. < Lamentations 3:14 | > Lamentations 3:16 Reflection Lamentations 3:15 sits within Lamentations, poetic lament over Jerusalem, where Scripture often draws attention to grief, confession, mercy, and hope amid devastation. This verse may be brief, but its words are not accidental. By […]

He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes. < Lamentations 3:15 | > Lamentations 3:17 Reflection Lamentations 3:16 sits within Lamentations, poetic lament over Jerusalem, where Scripture often draws attention to grief, confession, mercy, and hope amid devastation. This verse may be brief, but its words are not […]

And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity. < Lamentations 3:16 | > Lamentations 3:18 Reflection Lamentations 3:17 sits within Lamentations, poetic lament over Jerusalem, where Scripture often draws attention to grief, confession, mercy, and hope amid devastation. This verse may be brief, but its words are not accidental. By […]

And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the LORD: < Lamentations 3:17 | > Lamentations 3:19 Reflection Lamentations 3:18 sits within Lamentations, poetic lament over Jerusalem, where Scripture often draws attention to grief, confession, mercy, and hope amid devastation. This verse may be brief, but its words are not accidental. By […]

Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall. < Lamentations 3:18 | > Lamentations 3:20 Reflection Lamentations 3:19 sits within Lamentations, poetic lament over Jerusalem, where Scripture often draws attention to grief, confession, mercy, and hope amid devastation. This verse may be brief, but its words are not accidental. By emphasizing remembering, […]

He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light. < Lamentations 3:1 | > Lamentations 3:3 Reflection Lamentations 3:2 sits within Lamentations, poetic lament over Jerusalem, where Scripture often draws attention to grief, confession, mercy, and hope amid devastation. This verse may be brief, but its words are not accidental. By […]

My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is humbled in me. < Lamentations 3:19 | > Lamentations 3:21 Reflection Lamentations 3:20 sits within Lamentations, poetic lament over Jerusalem, where Scripture often draws attention to grief, confession, mercy, and hope amid devastation. This verse may be brief, but its words are not accidental. By emphasizing […]

This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope. < Lamentations 3:20 | > Lamentations 3:22 Reflection Lamentations 3:21 sits within Lamentations, poetic lament over Jerusalem, where Scripture often draws attention to grief, confession, mercy, and hope amid devastation. This verse may be brief, but its words are not accidental. By emphasizing recall, mind, […]

It is of the LORD‘S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. < Lamentations 3:21 | > Lamentations 3:23 Reflection Lamentations 3:22 sits within Lamentations, poetic lament over Jerusalem, where Scripture often draws attention to grief, confession, mercy, and hope amid devastation. This verse may be brief, but its words are […]

They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness. < Lamentations 3:22 | > Lamentations 3:24 Reflection Lamentations 3:23 sits within Lamentations, poetic lament over Jerusalem, where Scripture often draws attention to grief, confession, mercy, and hope amid devastation. This verse may be brief, but its words are not accidental. By emphasizing every, morning, great, […]

The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him. < Lamentations 3:23 | > Lamentations 3:25 Reflection Lamentations 3:24 sits within Lamentations, poetic lament over Jerusalem, where Scripture often draws attention to grief, confession, mercy, and hope amid devastation. This verse may be brief, but its words are not accidental. […]

The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him. < Lamentations 3:24 | > Lamentations 3:26 Reflection Lamentations 3:25 sits within Lamentations, poetic lament over Jerusalem, where Scripture often draws attention to grief, confession, mercy, and hope amid devastation. This verse may be brief, but its words are […]

It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD. < Lamentations 3:25 | > Lamentations 3:27 Reflection Lamentations 3:26 sits within Lamentations, poetic lament over Jerusalem, where Scripture often draws attention to grief, confession, mercy, and hope amid devastation. This verse may be brief, but its […]

It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth. < Lamentations 3:26 | > Lamentations 3:28 Reflection Lamentations 3:27 sits within Lamentations, poetic lament over Jerusalem, where Scripture often draws attention to grief, confession, mercy, and hope amid devastation. This verse may be brief, but its words are not accidental. […]

He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him. < Lamentations 3:27 | > Lamentations 3:29 Reflection Lamentations 3:28 sits within Lamentations, poetic lament over Jerusalem, where Scripture often draws attention to grief, confession, mercy, and hope amid devastation. This verse may be brief, but its words are not accidental. By […]

He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope. < Lamentations 3:28 | > Lamentations 3:30 Reflection Lamentations 3:29 sits within Lamentations, poetic lament over Jerusalem, where Scripture often draws attention to grief, confession, mercy, and hope amid devastation. This verse may be brief, but its words are not accidental. […]

Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand against me all the day. < Lamentations 3:2 | > Lamentations 3:4 Reflection Lamentations 3:3 sits within Lamentations, poetic lament over Jerusalem, where Scripture often draws attention to grief, confession, mercy, and hope amid devastation. This verse may be brief, but its words are not […]

He giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with reproach. < Lamentations 3:29 | > Lamentations 3:31 Reflection Lamentations 3:30 sits within Lamentations, poetic lament over Jerusalem, where Scripture often draws attention to grief, confession, mercy, and hope amid devastation. This verse may be brief, but its words are not […]