This is the fifth and last lament of Lamentations, the fifth cry, poem, dirge, expression of grief, requiem, The writer Jeremiah; speaks to God on behalf of all the people in stacatto-like fashion. He describes the suffering, the pain, the torment, the affliction, the anguish and distress endured by the people and he appeals to God for relief. This lament opens with a plaintive appeal to God to take notice of the humiliation and suffering that had come upon the covenant people. They only had to heed Jeremiah’s words to avoid having become what they had ignored: aliens, widows, and orphans..
Jeremiah 7:5-7 - If ye thoroughly amend your ways and your doings; If ye thoroughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbor; If ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt: 7 Then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers, forever and ever. The lament closes with a prayer of hope that God would restore them to their days of old. The present generation was bearing the consequences of their sins, Exodus 20:5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;
You sow good, you reap good,
You sow bad, you reap bad,
You sow love, you reap love,
You sow sour attitude, you reap sour attitude,
You sow discord, you reap discord,
You sow disrupt behavior, you reap it,
You sow compassion, you reap it,
Judah got a taste of her own medicine…
Vs 16, "The crown has fallen from our head” would refer to the end of the Davidic dynasty with King Zedekiah’s capture. Job 19:9, describes Judah's fate when he says, God has stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head. Is 28:1, Woe to the crown of pride…… Jeremiah 13:18… Humble yourselves, sit down:
Jeremiah 7:5-7 - If ye thoroughly amend your ways and your doings; If ye thoroughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbor; If ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt: 7 Then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers, forever and ever. The lament closes with a prayer of hope that God would restore them to their days of old. The present generation was bearing the consequences of their sins, Exodus 20:5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;
You sow good, you reap good,
You sow bad, you reap bad,
You sow love, you reap love,
You sow sour attitude, you reap sour attitude,
You sow discord, you reap discord,
You sow disrupt behavior, you reap it,
You sow compassion, you reap it,
Judah got a taste of her own medicine…
Vs 16, "The crown has fallen from our head” would refer to the end of the Davidic dynasty with King Zedekiah’s capture. Job 19:9, describes Judah's fate when he says, God has stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head. Is 28:1, Woe to the crown of pride…… Jeremiah 13:18… Humble yourselves, sit down:
You're on your way to wellness when you discover the cause,
You're on your way to wellness when you take responsibility,
You're on your way to wellness when you stop blaming others,
We have more Adam in us than we do Jonah………
When things went bad in the Garden, Adam said, "the woman"…
When things went bad on the Ship, Jonah said, "It's me"
What do you say when things go bad in your life?
The Doctor's fault,
The Lawyer's fault,
The Teacher's fault,
The Policeman's fault,
The Boss's fault,
The Friend's fault,
The Postman's fault,
It's Daddy's its Moma's fault,
It's Brother's my Sisters fault,
It's the milkman's fault,
But when you can own to your own shortcoming,
When you own up to your own mistakes,
When you own up to your own faults,
Own up to your own weaknesses,
Own up to your own imperfections,
Own up to your own deficiencies,
It's my own fault,
And so in this last lament, Jeremiah cries out to God,
In this last poem, dirge, requiem, expression of emotions,
He cries out for the Favor of God,
The reason why you woke up this morning,
It was the Favor of God,
He said Lord, vs 19,
You reign forever,
Your throne endures from Generation to Generation,
Don’t forget us Lord,
Don’t forsake us Lord,
We've struggling so long,
We've been hurting so long,
We've been in the storm too long,
It our fault, but take us back,
We messed up, but take us back,
We failed you, but take us back,
History records, God restored Judah,
God restored Jerusalem,
God restored Zion,
At the end of the story, they were able to say, It is well,
You've got to run all the way.....
Through the storm, through the valley
Through the dark
Through the hurt, disappointments, let downs and set backs.
to get to the end
You dont know if its well at the beginning or not..
You're on your way to wellness when you take responsibility,
You're on your way to wellness when you stop blaming others,
We have more Adam in us than we do Jonah………
When things went bad in the Garden, Adam said, "the woman"…
When things went bad on the Ship, Jonah said, "It's me"
What do you say when things go bad in your life?
The Doctor's fault,
The Lawyer's fault,
The Teacher's fault,
The Policeman's fault,
The Boss's fault,
The Friend's fault,
The Postman's fault,
It's Daddy's its Moma's fault,
It's Brother's my Sisters fault,
It's the milkman's fault,
But when you can own to your own shortcoming,
When you own up to your own mistakes,
When you own up to your own faults,
Own up to your own weaknesses,
Own up to your own imperfections,
Own up to your own deficiencies,
It's my own fault,
And so in this last lament, Jeremiah cries out to God,
In this last poem, dirge, requiem, expression of emotions,
He cries out for the Favor of God,
The reason why you woke up this morning,
It was the Favor of God,
He said Lord, vs 19,
You reign forever,
Your throne endures from Generation to Generation,
Don’t forget us Lord,
Don’t forsake us Lord,
We've struggling so long,
We've been hurting so long,
We've been in the storm too long,
It our fault, but take us back,
We messed up, but take us back,
We failed you, but take us back,
History records, God restored Judah,
God restored Jerusalem,
God restored Zion,
At the end of the story, they were able to say, It is well,
You've got to run all the way.....
Through the storm, through the valley
Through the dark
Through the hurt, disappointments, let downs and set backs.
to get to the end
You dont know if its well at the beginning or not..
you've got to see what the end is going to be!
and you've got to go THROUGH to get Through
When peace, like a river, attendeth my way,
and you've got to go THROUGH to get Through
When peace, like a river, attendeth my way,
When sorrows like sea billows roll;Whatever my lot,
Thou has taught me to say, It is well,
It is well, with my soul,
