From white to black
The white-as-snow promised land (Lamentations 4:7-8) turned to coal-black like an oven (Lamentations 5:10) in punishment for its sins.
Lamentations 4
- Fine gold turned to common clay (v. 1-2).
- Sumptuous delicacies and colorful finery exchanged for dunghills (v. 4-5).
- Reminiscent of Sodom and Gomorrah (v. 6).
- Famine’s toll on its victims (v. 7-10).
- Who would have believed such could happen to this people? (v. 11-12).
- Sinful prophets and sinful priests have contributed to national blindness (v. 13-16).
- What a pitiful state is the former land of glory (v. 17-20).
- Edom, too, will suffer; but God will deliver his people from captivity (v. 21-22)
Lamentations 5
- What better end to these laments than a prayer.
- Oh Lord, take notice of our condition (v. 1).
- We have lost everything (v. 2-6).
- Those who lived before us have given us this legacy of shame (v. 7).
- Famine (v. 8-10)
- Rape (v. 11)
- Humiliation (v. 12)
- Forced labor (v. 13)
- Sadness and depression (v. 14-18)
- Lord, You are eternal (v. 19).
- Will your wrath be eternal also? (v. 20).
- Revival must come from God (v. 21-22)
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