05/10/21 The Lord’s Anger With His People #4 — Lamentations 2:1-22 (ESV)

B. The Agony of the People (2:10-17)

v.10 The elders of the daughter of Zion sit on the ground in silence; they have thrown dust on their heads and put on sackcloth; the young women of Jerusalem have bowed their heads to the ground.

From Bitter Past, now to Even More Bitter Present: From the Elders to the Young Women, everyone is despondent & desperate!

v.11 My eyes are spent with weeping; my stomach churns; my bile is poured out to the ground because of the DESTRUCTION of the daughter of my people, because infants and babies faint in the streets of the city.

Jeremiah’s Reaction / Response: So Sick in Heart he was Sick to his Stomach, especially as he sees the Suffering of the Children!

v.12 They cry to their mothers, “Where is bread and wine?” as they faint like a wounded man in the streets of the city, as their life is poured out on their mothers’ bosom.

Jewish children are desperate for food and drink, starving to death!

v.13 What can I say for you, to what compare you, O daughter of Jerusalem? What can I liken to you, that I may comfort you, O virgin daughter of Zion? For your ruin is vast as the sea; who can heal you?

I’ve never heard of such complete destruction & suffering before. To WHOM can we go for Help & Healing? STAY TUNED…