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Lamentations 5

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Remember, O Lord, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach.

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Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.

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We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows.

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We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us.

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Our necks are under persecution: we labour, and have no rest.

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We have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.

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Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities.

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Servants have ruled over us: there is none that doth deliver us out of their hand.

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We gat our bread with the peril of our lives because of the sword of the wilderness.

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Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine.

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They ravished the women in Zion, and the maids in the cities of Judah.

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Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured.

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They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood.

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The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick.

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The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.

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The crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned!

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For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dim.

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Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it.

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Thou, O Lord, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to generation.

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Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time?

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Turn thou us unto thee, O Lord, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.

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But thou hast utterly rejected us; thou art very wroth against us.

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Lamentations 5:22

“But thou hast utterly rejected us; thou art very wroth against us.”

Study Summary

Unless you have utterly rejected us, and you are angry with us beyond measure—the final verse of the book presents a conditional: restoration is possible unless God's rejection is absolute and God's anger boundless. The qualification "unless" suggests hope: if God has not rejected beyond measure, then restoration is possible. Theologically, the verse presents the ultimate theodicy question: has God's rejection of Israel become permanent? The phrase "beyond measure" suggests that God's anger has been extreme, but it raises the question of whether any limit remains. The verse ends the book on a note of ambiguity: hope is possible unless God's anger is truly infinite. Yet the conditional phrasing suggests that the people trust that God's anger is not infinite; there is hope for restoration. The book ends not in despair but in petition, affirming that restoration is possible if God's mercy is greater than God's wrath. The final verse leaves the reader with the persistence of hope grounded in God's character, not in circumstances.

Community Reflections

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Sofia Andrade (test user)7h ago
The promise of restoration — Lamentations 5

God is faithful in every circumstance.. Their context of persecution gives these words a weight we often miss.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. God meets us exactly where we are — broken, uncertain, yet chosen. This is one of those passages that reads differently in every season of life. God is faithful in every circumstance.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. The promise here is not conditional on our strength but on His character.. Now I understand why — it's a daily declaration of dependence on God.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. I think this is a call to trust beyond what we can see. God is faithful in every circumstance.. I love how this passage doesn't shy away from the difficulty of obedience. Today it speaks comfort; a year ago it spoke conviction.. God is…

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Lamentations 5:22

“But thou hast utterly rejected us; thou art very wroth against us.”

Study Summary

Unless you have utterly rejected us, and you are angry with us beyond measure—the final verse of the book presents a conditional: restoration is possible unless God's rejection is absolute and God's anger boundless. The qualification "unless" suggests hope: if God has not rejected beyond measure, then restoration is possible. Theologically, the verse presents the ultimate theodicy question: has God's rejection of Israel become permanent? The phrase "beyond measure" suggests that God's anger has been extreme, but it raises the question of whether any limit remains. The verse ends the book on a note of ambiguity: hope is possible unless God's anger is truly infinite. Yet the conditional phrasing suggests that the people trust that God's anger is not infinite; there is hope for restoration. The book ends not in despair but in petition, affirming that restoration is possible if God's mercy is greater than God's wrath. The final verse leaves the reader with the persistence of hope grounded in God's character, not in circumstances.

Community Reflections

1
Sofia Andrade (test user)7h ago
The promise of restoration — Lamentations 5

God is faithful in every circumstance.. Their context of persecution gives these words a weight we often miss.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. God meets us exactly where we are — broken, uncertain, yet chosen. This is one of those passages that reads differently in every season of life. God is faithful in every circumstance.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. The promise here is not conditional on our strength but on His character.. Now I understand why — it's a daily declaration of dependence on God.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. I think this is a call to trust beyond what we can see. God is faithful in every circumstance.. I love how this passage doesn't shy away from the difficulty of obedience. Today it speaks comfort; a year ago it spoke conviction.. God is…

Read the note →

Lamentations 5:22

Unless you have utterly rejected us, and you are angry with us beyond measure—the final verse of the book presents a conditional: restoration is possible unless God's rejection is absolute and God's anger boundless. The qualification "unless" suggests hope: if God has not rejected beyond measure, then restoration is possible. Theologically, the verse presents the ultimate theodicy question: has God's rejection of Israel become permanent? The phrase "beyond measure" suggests that God's anger has been extreme, but it raises the question of whether any limit remains. The verse ends the book on a note of ambiguity: hope is possible unless God's anger is truly infinite. Yet the conditional phrasing suggests that the people trust that God's anger is not infinite; there is hope for restoration. The book ends not in despair but in petition, affirming that restoration is possible if God's mercy is greater than God's wrath. The final verse leaves the reader with the persistence of hope grounded in God's character, not in circumstances.