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Lamentations 4-5; Psalms 30
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God’s Anger Satisfied

4How the gold has lost its luster! Even the finest gold has become dull. The sacred gemstones lie scattered in the streets!H2091H6004H2896H3800H8132H68H6944H8210H7218H2351 2See how the precious children of Jerusalem, worth their weight in fine gold, are now treated like pots of clay made by a common potter.H3368H1121H6726H5537H6337H2803H2789H5035H4639H3027H3335 3Even the jackals feed their young, but not my people Israel. They ignore their children’s cries, like ostriches in the desert.H8577H2502H7699H3243H1482H1323H5971H393H3283H4057 4The parched tongues of their little ones stick to the roofs of their mouths in thirst. The children cry for bread, but no one has any to give them.H3956H3243H1692H2441H6772H5768H7592H3899H6566 5The people who once ate the richest foods now beg in the streets for anything they can get. Those who once wore the finest clothes now search the garbage dumps for food.H398H4574H8074H2351H539H8438H2263H830 6The guilt of my people is greater than that of Sodom, where utter disaster struck in a moment and no hand offered help.H5771H1323H5971H1431H2403H5467H2015H7281H3027H2342 7Our princes once glowed with health—brighter than snow, whiter than milk. Their faces were as ruddy as rubies, their appearance like fine jewels.H5139H2141H7950H6705H2461H119H6106H6443H1508H5601 8But now their faces are blacker than soot. No one recognizes them in the streets. Their skin sticks to their bones; it is as dry and hard as wood.H8389H2821H7815H5234H2351H5785H6821H6106H3001H6086 9Those killed by the sword are better off than those who die of hunger. Starving, they waste away for lack of food from the fields.H2491H2719H2896H2491H7458H1992H2100H1856H8570H7704 10Tenderhearted women have cooked their own children. They have eaten them to survive the siege.H3027H7362H802H1310H3206H1262H7667H1323H5971 11But now the anger of the Lord is satisfied. His fierce anger has been poured out. He started a fire in Jerusalem that burned the city to its foundations.H3068H3615H2534H8210H2740H639H3341H784H6726H398H3247 12Not a king in all the earth—no one in all the world—would have believed that an enemy could march through the gates of Jerusalem.H4428H776H3427H8398H539H6862H341H935H8179H3389 13Yet it happened because of the sins of her prophets and the sins of her priests, who defiled the city by shedding innocent blood.H2403H5030H5771H3548H8210H1818H6662H7130 14They wandered blindly through the streets, so defiled by blood that no one dared touch them.H5128H5787H2351H1351H1818H3201H3808H5060H3830 15“Get away!” the people shouted at them. “You’re defiled! Don’t touch us!” So they fled to distant lands and wandered among foreign nations, but none would let them stay.H7121H5493H2931H5493H5493H5060H5132H5128H559H1471H3254H1481 16The Lord himself has scattered them, and he no longer helps them. People show no respect for the priests and no longer honor the leaders.H6440H3068H2505H3254H5027H5375H6440H3548H2603H2205 17We looked in vain for our allies to come and save us, but we were looking to nations that could not help us.H5869H3615H1892H5833H6836H6822H1471H3467 18We couldn’t go into the streets without danger to our lives. Our end was near; our days were numbered. We were doomed!H6679H6806H3212H7339H7093H7126H3117H4390H7093H935 19Our enemies were swifter than eagles in flight. If we fled to the mountains, they found us. If we hid in the wilderness, they were waiting for us there.H7291H7031H5404H8064H1814H2022H693H4057 20Our king—the Lord’s anointed, the very life of our nation—was caught in their snares. We had thought that his shadow would protect us against any nation on earth!H7307H639H4899H3068H3920H7825H559H6738H2421H1471 21Are you rejoicing in the land of Uz, O people of Edom? But you, too, must drink from the cup of the Lord’s anger. You, too, will be stripped naked in your drunkenness.H7797H8055H1323H123H3427H776H5780H3563H5674H7937H6168 22O beautiful Jerusalem, your punishment will end; you will soon return from exile. But Edom, your punishment is just beginning; soon your many sins will be exposed.H5771H8552H1323H6726H3254H1540H6485H5771H1323H123H1540H2403

Prayer for Restoration

5Lord, remember what has happened to us. See how we have been disgraced!H2142H3068H5027H7200H2781 2Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, our homes to foreigners.H5159H2015H2114H1004H5237 3We are orphaned and fatherless. Our mothers are widowed.H3490H369H1H517H490 4We have to pay for water to drink, and even firewood is expensive.H8354H4325H3701H6086H935H4242 5Those who pursue us are at our heels; we are exhausted but are given no rest.H6677H7291H3021H5117 6We submitted to Egypt and Assyria to get enough food to survive.H5414H3027H4714H804H7646H3899 7Our ancestors sinned, but they have died—and we are suffering the punishment they deserved!H1H2398H369H5445H5771 8Slaves have now become our masters; there is no one left to rescue us.H5650H4910H6561H3027 9We hunt for food at the risk of our lives, for violence rules the countryside.H935H3899H5315H6440H2719H4057 10The famine has blackened our skin as though baked in an oven.H5785H3648H8574H6440H2152H7458 11Our enemies rape the women in Jerusalem and the young girls in all the towns of Judah.H6031H802H6726H1330H5892H3063 12Our princes are being hanged by their thumbs, and our elders are treated with contempt.H8269H8518H3027H6440H2205H1921 13Young men are led away to work at millstones, and boys stagger under heavy loads of wood.H5375H970H2911H5288H3782H6086 14The elders no longer sit in the city gates; the young men no longer dance and sing.H2205H7673H8179H970H5058 15Joy has left our hearts; our dancing has turned to mourning.H4885H3820H7673H4234H2015H60 16The garlands have fallen from our heads. Weep for us because we have sinned.H5850H5307H7218H188H2398 17Our hearts are sick and weary, and our eyes grow dim with tears.H3820H1739H5869H2821 18For Jerusalem is empty and desolate, a place haunted by jackals.H2022H6726H8074H7776H1980 19But Lord, you remain the same forever! Your throne continues from generation to generation.H3068H3427H5769H3678H1755H1755 20Why do you continue to forget us? Why have you abandoned us for so long?H7911H5331H5800H753H3117 21Restore us, O Lord, and bring us back to you again! Give us back the joys we once had!H7725H3068H7725H2318H3117H6924 22Or have you utterly rejected us? Are you angry with us still?H3988H3988H3966H7107

30[A psalm of David. A song for the dedication of the Temple.] I will exalt you, LORD, for you rescued me. You refused to let my enemies triumph over me.H4210H7892H2598H1004H1732H7311H3068H1802H341H8055 2O LORD my God, I cried to you for help, and you restored my health.H3068H430H7768H7495 3You brought me up from the grave, O LORD. You kept me from falling into the pit of death.H3068H5927H5315H7585H2421H3381H3381H953 4Sing to the LORD, all you godly ones! Praise his holy name.H2167H3068H2623H3034H2143H6944 5For his anger lasts only a moment, but his favor lasts a lifetime! Weeping may last through the night, but joy comes with the morning.H639H7281H7522H2416H1065H3885H6153H7440H1242 6When I was prosperous, I said, "Nothing can stop me now!"H7959H559H5769H4131 7Your favor, O LORD, made me as secure as a mountain. Then you turned away from me, and I was shattered.H3068H7522H2042H5975H5797H5641H6440H926 8I cried out to you, O LORD. I begged the Lord for mercy, saying,H7121H3068H3068H2603 9"What will you gain if I die, if I sink into the grave? Can my dust praise you? Can it tell of your faithfulness?H1215H1818H3381H7845H6083H3034H5046H571 10Hear me, LORD, and have mercy on me. Help me, O LORD."H8085H3068H2603H3068H5826 11You have turned my mourning into joyful dancing. You have taken away my clothes of mourning and clothed me with joy,H2015H4553H4234H6605H8242H247H8057 12that I might sing praises to you and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give you thanks forever!H3519H2167H1826H3068H430H3034H5769


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