Book,Chapter,Verse,Teaching,Keywords Lamentations,1,1,"After God's judgment on Jerusalem, the city had become a tributary; it was no longer great","AFTER,BECOME,CITY,GOD,GREAT,JERUSALEM,JUDGMENT,LONGER,NO,TRIBUTARY" Lamentations,1,1,"After God's judgment on Jerusalem, the city was a widow","AFTER,CITY,GOD,JERUSALEM,JUDGMENT,WIDOW" Lamentations,1,1,"After God's judgment on Jerusalem, the city was empty","AFTER,CITY,EMPTY,GOD,JERUSALEM,JUDGMENT" Lamentations,1,1,"Before God's judgment on Jerusalem, the city was a princess","BEFORE,CITY,GOD,JERUSALEM,JUDGMENT,PRINCESS" Lamentations,1,1,"Before God's judgment on Jerusalem, the city was full of people","BEFORE,CITY,FULL,GOD,JERUSALEM,JUDGMENT,PEOPLE" Lamentations,1,1,"Before God's judgment on Jerusalem, the city was great among the nations","AMONG,BEFORE,CITY,GOD,GREAT,JERUSALEM,JUDGMENT,NATIONS" Lamentations,1,2,"It was very foolish for Judah to abandon God and look to other nations for salvation; in the end that led to her destruction","ABANDON,DESTRUCTION,END,FOOLISH,GOD,HER,JUDAH,LED,LOOK,NATIONS,SALVATION" Lamentations,1,2,"Jeremiah said that her lovers (who she committed adultery with) are now gone; the nations that she depended on for strength have abandoned her","ABANDONED,ADULTERY,COMMITTED,DEPENDED,GONE,HER,JEREMIAH,LOVERS,NATIONS,NOW,SAID,SHE,STRENGTH,WHO" Lamentations,1,2,"Jeremiah said that the city of Jerusalem weeps in the night; the city is now full of tears","CITY,FULL,JEREMIAH,JERUSALEM,NIGHT,NOW,SAID,TEARS" Lamentations,1,2,"The nations that had once claimed to be the friend of Judah ultimately turned against Judah and became her enemies","AGAINST,BECAME,CLAIMED,ENEMIES,FRIEND,HER,JUDAH,NATIONS,ONCE,TURNED" Lamentations,1,2,"The nations that Jerusalem depended on to save her did not save her; the Jews put their faith in other nations instead of in God, but in the end those other nations abandoned her and did not help her","ABANDONED,DEPENDED,END,FAITH,GOD,HELP,HER,INSTEAD,JERUSALEM,JEWS,NATIONS,NOT,PUT,SAVE" Lamentations,1,3,"The Jews could not find rest","FIND,JEWS,NOT,REST" Lamentations,1,3,"The Jews had now fallen into the hands of their persecutors","FALLEN,HANDS,JEWS,NOW,PERSECUTORS" Lamentations,1,3,"The Jews were afflicted","AFFLICTED,JEWS" Lamentations,1,3,"The Jews were scattered among the heathen","AMONG,HEATHEN,JEWS,SCATTERED" Lamentations,1,3,"The Jews were turned into servants","JEWS,SERVANTS,TURNED" Lamentations,1,3,"The nation of Judah had been carried away into captivity","AWAY,CAPTIVITY,CARRIED,JUDAH,NATION" Lamentations,1,4,"No one goes to Jerusalem to celebrate the solemn feasts of the Lord anymore","ANYMORE,CELEBRATE,FEASTS,GOES,JERUSALEM,LORD,NO,ONE,SOLEMN" Lamentations,1,4,"The city of Jerusalem is in bitterness","BITTERNESS,CITY,JERUSALEM" Lamentations,1,4,"The gates of Jerusalem are desolate; no one sits at them anymore","ANYMORE,DESOLATE,GATES,JERUSALEM,NO,ONE,SITS" Lamentations,1,4,"The priests of Jerusalem sigh","JERUSALEM,PRIESTS,SIGH" Lamentations,1,4,"The virgins of Jerusalem are afflicted","AFFLICTED,JERUSALEM,VIRGINS" Lamentations,1,4,"The ways (roads?) of Zion mourn","MOURN,ROADS,ZION" Lamentations,1,5,"All of these afflictions come from the hand of the Lord; He is the one who has caused them to take place","AFFLICTIONS,ALL,CAUSED,COME,HAND,HE,LORD,ONE,PLACE,TAKE,THESE,WHO" Lamentations,1,5,"The adversaries of the Jews now have authority over the Jews","ADVERSARIES,AUTHORITY,JEWS,NOW" Lamentations,1,5,"The children of the Jews have been carried away into captivity","AWAY,CAPTIVITY,CARRIED,CHILDREN,JEWS" Lamentations,1,5,"The enemies of the Jews prosper","ENEMIES,JEWS,PROSPER" Lamentations,1,5,"The Jews have been humiliated before their enemies","BEFORE,ENEMIES,JEWS" Lamentations,1,5,"The reason God afflicted the Jews was because of their transgressions; all of these things are punishments for their sins","AFFLICTED,ALL,BECAUSE,GOD,JEWS,PUNISHMENTS,REASON,SINS,THESE,THINGS,TRANSGRESSIONS" Lamentations,1,6,"The beauty of Zion is gone","BEAUTY,GONE,ZION" Lamentations,1,6,"The judgment affected everyone - young and old, priest and prince","AFFECTED,EVERYONE,JUDGMENT,OLD,PRIEST,PRINCE,YOUNG" Lamentations,1,6,"The princes of Judah are compared to animals that cannot find pasture","ANIMALS,CANNOT,COMPARED,FIND,JUDAH,PASTURE,PRINCES" Lamentations,1,6,"The princes of Judah did not go untouched in the judgment; they were taken as well","GO,JUDAH,JUDGMENT,NOT,PRINCES,TAKEN" Lamentations,1,6,"The princes of Judah no longer have any strength","ANY,JUDAH,LONGER,NO,PRINCES,STRENGTH" Lamentations,1,7,"The adversaries of the Jews mocked their sabbaths","ADVERSARIES,JEWS,MOCKED,SABBATHS" Lamentations,1,7,"The adversaries of the Jews saw when the city fell","ADVERSARIES,CITY,FELL,JEWS,SAW,WHEN" Lamentations,1,7,"The Jews had fallen into the hands of their enemies","ENEMIES,FALLEN,HANDS,JEWS" Lamentations,1,7,"When Jerusalem fell, no one helped the Jews; instead everyone was against them","AGAINST,EVERYONE,FELL,HELPED,INSTEAD,JERUSALEM,JEWS,NO,ONE,WHEN" Lamentations,1,7,"When the Jews were afflicted, they remembered the pleasant things they had in former times","AFFLICTED,FORMER,JEWS,PLEASANT,REMEMBERED,THINGS,TIMES,WHEN" Lamentations,1,8,"In the past, Jerusalem had been held in honor","HELD,HONOR,JERUSALEM,PAST" Lamentations,1,8,"Jerusalem had grievously sinned against God","AGAINST,GOD,GRIEVOUSLY,JERUSALEM,SINNED" Lamentations,1,8,"The judgment took away honor from Jerusalem; now the nations despised her","AWAY,DESPISED,HER,HONOR,JERUSALEM,JUDGMENT,NATIONS,NOW,TOOK" Lamentations,1,8,"The reason all these terrible things happened to the Jews was because of their grievous sins; their afflictions were a punishment from God for their sin","AFFLICTIONS,ALL,BECAUSE,GOD,GRIEVOUS,HAPPENED,JEWS,PUNISHMENT,REASON,SIN,SINS,TERRIBLE,THESE,THINGS" Lamentations,1,8,"When the judgment came, those who once honored Jerusalem despised the city instead","CITY,DESPISED,HONORED,INSTEAD,JERUSALEM,JUDGMENT,ONCE,WHEN,WHO" Lamentations,1,9,"Jeremiah prayed that God would see his affliction","AFFLICTION,GOD,HIS,JEREMIAH,PRAYED,SEE" Lamentations,1,9,"Jerusalem had become filthy","BECOME,FILTHY,JERUSALEM" Lamentations,1,9,"The enemy of the Jews had magnified himself against them","AGAINST,ENEMY,HIMSELF,JEWS,MAGNIFIED" Lamentations,1,9,"The Jews had been greatly humbled, and brought very low","BROUGHT,GREATLY,HUMBLED,JEWS,LOW" Lamentations,1,9,"The Jews had no comforter","COMFORTER,JEWS,NO" Lamentations,1,10,"God commanded in the Mosaic Law that the heathen could not enter into His holy sanctuary, but when Jerusalem fell they did exactly that","COMMANDED,ENTER,EXACTLY,FELL,GOD,HEATHEN,HIS,HOLY,JERUSALEM,LAW,MOSAIC,NOT,SANCTUARY,WHEN" Lamentations,1,10,"The adversary of the Jews had plundered all of their pleasant things","ADVERSARY,ALL,JEWS,PLEASANT,THINGS" Lamentations,1,10,"The heathen had entered into the sanctuary; the holy temple of God had fallen into their hands","ENTERED,FALLEN,GOD,HANDS,HEATHEN,HOLY,SANCTUARY,TEMPLE" Lamentations,1,11,"All of the Jews looked for bread; they were starving","ALL,BREAD,JEWS,LOOKED,STARVING" Lamentations,1,11,"All of the Jews sighed; they were greatly distressed","ALL,DISTRESSED,GREATLY,JEWS,SIGHED" Lamentations,1,11,"Jeremiah prayed that God would see what had happened to the Jews and would consider it","CONSIDER,GOD,HAPPENED,JEREMIAH,JEWS,PRAYED,SEE,WHAT" Lamentations,1,11,"The Jews had become vile","BECOME,JEWS,VILE" Lamentations,1,11,"The Jews had sold what few possessions they had left in order to buy food","BUY,FEW,FOOD,JEWS,LEFT,ORDER,POSSESSIONS,SOLD,WHAT" Lamentations,1,11,"The Jews wanted food to relieve their soul","FOOD,JEWS,RELIEVE,SOUL,WANTED" Lamentations,1,11,"The soul is distressed when it lacks food; eating food relieves the soul","DISTRESSED,EATING,FOOD,LACKS,SOUL,WHEN" Lamentations,1,12,"Jeremiah begged those who passed by Jerusalem to care about what had happened to it","BEGGED,CARE,HAPPENED,JEREMIAH,JERUSALEM,PASSED,WHAT,WHO" Lamentations,1,12,"Jeremiah said that the sorrow of the Jews after the fall of Jerusalem was exceedingly great - greater than any other sorrow","AFTER,ANY,EXCEEDINGLY,FALL,GREAT,GREATER,JEREMIAH,JERUSALEM,JEWS,SAID,SORROW" Lamentations,1,12,"The reason all these terrible things happened to the Jews was because of the Lord; He was the one who did these things to them, and He did them because of His fierce anger against them (which was caused by their grievous sin)","AGAINST,ALL,ANGER,BECAUSE,CAUSED,FIERCE,GRIEVOUS,HAPPENED,HE,HIS,JEWS,LORD,ONE,REASON,SIN,TERRIBLE,THESE,THINGS,WHICH,WHO" Lamentations,1,12,"The sins of the people caused God to be angry, and His anger led to Him pouring out judgment upon that wicked city; it made the city desolate, and turned the people over to their enemies, and filled the people with sorrow","ANGER,ANGRY,CAUSED,CITY,DESOLATE,ENEMIES,FILLED,GOD,HIM,HIS,JUDGMENT,LED,MADE,PEOPLE,POURING,SINS,SORROW,TURNED,WICKED" Lamentations,1,12,"There are times when God afflicts nations because of their sin","AFFLICTS,BECAUSE,GOD,NATIONS,SIN,THERE,TIMES,WHEN" Lamentations,1,12,"There are times when God has fierce anger against cities and nations","AGAINST,ANGER,CITIES,FIERCE,GOD,NATIONS,THERE,TIMES,WHEN" Lamentations,1,13,"God had made the Jews desolate","DESOLATE,GOD,JEWS,MADE" Lamentations,1,13,"God had made the Jews faint; they were suffering greatly","FAINT,GOD,GREATLY,JEWS,MADE,SUFFERING" Lamentations,1,13,"God had sent fire into the bones of the people, and it had prevailed against them; God was consuming them from the inside","AGAINST,BONES,CONSUMING,FIRE,GOD,INSIDE,PEOPLE,PREVAILED,SENT" Lamentations,1,13,"God had spread a net to capture the Jews, and had caught them","CAPTURE,CAUGHT,GOD,JEWS,NET,SPREAD" Lamentations,1,14,"God had cast the Jews down, and they were not able to rise up","ABLE,CAST,DOWN,GOD,JEWS,NOT,RISE,UP" Lamentations,1,14,"God had delivered the Jews into the hands of their enemies","DELIVERED,ENEMIES,GOD,HANDS,JEWS" Lamentations,1,14,"God had made the strength of the Jews fail","FAIL,GOD,JEWS,MADE,STRENGTH" Lamentations,1,14,"God had tied the transgressions of the Jews to their neck","GOD,JEWS,NECK,TIED,TRANSGRESSIONS" Lamentations,1,14,"God has the power to deliver cities from their enemies, and to turn them over to them","CITIES,DELIVER,ENEMIES,GOD,POWER,TURN" Lamentations,1,14,"God has the power to lift up, and to cast down","CAST,DOWN,GOD,LIFT,POWER,UP" Lamentations,1,14,"God has the power to raise up cities, and to destroy them","CITIES,DESTROY,GOD,POWER,RAISE,UP" Lamentations,1,14,"There are severe consequences for sin","CONSEQUENCES,SEVERE,SIN,THERE" Lamentations,1,15,"God did not spare the young men of Judah","GOD,JUDAH,MEN,NOT,SPARE,YOUNG" Lamentations,1,15,"God had gathered an assembly to crush the young men of Judah; the young men had been defeated","ASSEMBLY,CRUSH,DEFEATED,GATHERED,GOD,JUDAH,MEN,YOUNG" Lamentations,1,15,"God had trodden under foot all the mighty men of Judah; the mighty men had been defeated","ALL,DEFEATED,FOOT,GOD,JUDAH,MEN,MIGHTY,TRODDEN,UNDER" Lamentations,1,15,"God had trodden under foot the Jews; they had been trodden down, as grapes are trodden down in a winepress","DOWN,FOOT,GOD,GRAPES,JEWS,TRODDEN,UNDER,WINEPRESS" Lamentations,1,15,"The mighty men of Judah were unable to save the city","CITY,JUDAH,MEN,MIGHTY,SAVE,UNABLE" Lamentations,1,16,"It is possible for the suffering of others to weigh on our soul","OUR,POSSIBLE,SOUL,SUFFERING,WEIGH" Lamentations,1,16,"Jeremiah calls the Jews his children","CALLS,CHILDREN,HIS,JEREMIAH,JEWS" Lamentations,1,16,"Jeremiah wept because the comforter was far from him","BECAUSE,COMFORTER,FAR,HIM,JEREMIAH,WEPT" Lamentations,1,16,"Jeremiah wept over the destruction of Jerusalem and the suffering of the Jews","DESTRUCTION,JEREMIAH,JERUSALEM,JEWS,SUFFERING,WEPT" Lamentations,1,16,"The enemy of the Jews had prevailed against them","AGAINST,ENEMY,JEWS,PREVAILED" Lamentations,1,16,"The suffering of the Jews afflicted Jeremiah's soul","AFFLICTED,JEREMIAH,JEWS,SOUL,SUFFERING" Lamentations,1,17,"The Jews looked for someone to comfort them, but no comforter was found","COMFORT,COMFORTER,FOUND,JEWS,LOOKED,NO,SOMEONE" Lamentations,1,17,"The Lord has control over the nations; He can protect a nation from evil, and He can also raise up evil against it","AGAINST,CAN,CONTROL,EVIL,HE,LORD,NATION,NATIONS,PROTECT,RAISE,UP" Lamentations,1,17,"The nations viewed Jerusalem as a city that was utterly unclean and vile","CITY,JERUSALEM,NATIONS,UNCLEAN,VIEWED,VILE" Lamentations,1,17,"The reason so many adversaries had gathered around Judah was because the Lord had commanded it","ADVERSARIES,BECAUSE,COMMANDED,GATHERED,JUDAH,LORD,MANY,REASON" Lamentations,1,18,"God holds cities and nations accountable for their actions","ACCOUNTABLE,ACTIONS,CITIES,GOD,HOLDS,NATIONS" Lamentations,1,18,"God's judgments against Jerusalem were justified; God sent them because the Jews had rebelled against His commandments, and therefore they deserved the punishment that God sent against them","AGAINST,BECAUSE,COMMANDMENTS,DESERVED,GOD,HIS,JERUSALEM,JEWS,JUDGMENTS,JUSTIFIED,PUNISHMENT,REBELLED,SENT,THEREFORE" Lamentations,1,18,"It is just and righteous for God to destroy cities and nations that rebel against Him","AGAINST,CITIES,DESTROY,GOD,HIM,JUST,NATIONS,REBEL,RIGHTEOUS" Lamentations,1,18,"Jeremiah said that all of these judgments from the Lord were righteous; Jeremiah did not accuse God of error, or say that He had done anything wrong","ACCUSE,ALL,ANYTHING,DONE,ERROR,GOD,HE,JEREMIAH,JUDGMENTS,LORD,NOT,RIGHTEOUS,SAID,SAY,THESE,WRONG" Lamentations,1,18,"Jeremiah was very sorrowful over everything that happened to the Jews","EVERYTHING,HAPPENED,JEREMIAH,JEWS,SORROWFUL" Lamentations,1,18,"The virgins of Jerusalem had been carried away into captivity","AWAY,CAPTIVITY,CARRIED,JERUSALEM,VIRGINS" Lamentations,1,18,"The young men had been carried away into captivity","AWAY,CAPTIVITY,CARRIED,MEN,YOUNG" Lamentations,1,19,"People in Jerusalem were starving to death; there was no food","DEATH,FOOD,JERUSALEM,NO,PEOPLE,STARVING,THERE" Lamentations,1,19,"The elders in Jerusalem died","DIED,ELDERS,JERUSALEM" Lamentations,1,19,"The elders in Jerusalem starved to death while looking for food to eat","DEATH,EAT,ELDERS,FOOD,JERUSALEM,LOOKING,WHILE" Lamentations,1,19,"The Jews called for the nations to help her, but they did not; although the Jews had rejected God and put their faith in other nations, those nations did not help her or save her","ALTHOUGH,CALLED,FAITH,GOD,HELP,HER,JEWS,NATIONS,NOT,PUT,REJECTED,SAVE" Lamentations,1,19,"The priests in Jerusalem died","DIED,JERUSALEM,PRIESTS" Lamentations,1,19,"The priests in Jerusalem starved to death while looking for food to eat","DEATH,EAT,FOOD,JERUSALEM,LOOKING,PRIESTS,WHILE" Lamentations,1,20,"Jeremiah prayed that God would see the distress of His people","DISTRESS,GOD,HIS,JEREMIAH,PEOPLE,PRAYED,SEE" Lamentations,1,20,"The Jews were being killed in Jerusalem; they were not safe there","BEING,JERUSALEM,JEWS,KILLED,NOT,SAFE,THERE" Lamentations,1,20,"The Jews were being killed in other nations; they were not safe there","BEING,JEWS,KILLED,NATIONS,NOT,SAFE,THERE" Lamentations,1,20,"The Jews were in great distress","DISTRESS,GREAT,JEWS" Lamentations,1,20,"The reason the Jews were in great distress was because they had rebelled against God","AGAINST,BECAUSE,DISTRESS,GOD,GREAT,JEWS,REASON,REBELLED" Lamentations,1,20,"There was no safe place for the Jews","JEWS,NO,PLACE,SAFE,THERE" Lamentations,1,21,"One day the enemies of the Jews would be afflicted as well; they would suffer the same things that the Jews had suffered","AFFLICTED,DAY,ENEMIES,JEWS,ONE,SAME,SUFFER,SUFFERED,THINGS" Lamentations,1,21,"The enemies of the Jews had heard about their trouble and affliction","AFFLICTION,ENEMIES,HEARD,JEWS,TROUBLE" Lamentations,1,21,"The enemies of the Jews rejoiced over their affliction","AFFLICTION,ENEMIES,JEWS,REJOICED" Lamentations,1,21,"The enemies of the Jews were glad that God had afflicted the Jews","AFFLICTED,ENEMIES,GLAD,GOD,JEWS" Lamentations,1,21,"There was no one to comfort the Jews; they longed for comfort, but there was no comforter","COMFORT,COMFORTER,JEWS,LONGED,NO,ONE,THERE" Lamentations,1,22,"Jeremiah prayed that God would see all the wickedness of the enemies of the Jews","ALL,ENEMIES,GOD,JEREMIAH,JEWS,PRAYED,SEE,WICKEDNESS" Lamentations,1,22,"Jeremiah prayed that God would treat the enemies of the Jews the same way that He had treated the Jews, and would afflict them for their sins as well","AFFLICT,ENEMIES,GOD,HE,JEREMIAH,JEWS,PRAYED,SAME,SINS,TREAT,TREATED" Lamentations,1,22,"Jeremiah said that his heart was faint","FAINT,HEART,HIS,JEREMIAH,SAID" Lamentations,1,22,"Jeremiah said that his sighs were many","HIS,JEREMIAH,MANY,SAID,SIGHS" Lamentations,2,1,"In the day of the Lord's anger, God cast down Israel's beauty","ANGER,BEAUTY,CAST,DAY,DOWN,GOD,ISRAEL,LORD" Lamentations,2,1,"In the day of the Lord's anger, God covered Israel with a cloud","ANGER,CLOUD,COVERED,DAY,GOD,ISRAEL,LORD" Lamentations,2,1,"Israel is called the Lord's footstool","CALLED,FOOTSTOOL,ISRAEL,LORD" Lamentations,2,1,"Israel's beauty once reached to heaven, but God had cast it down to the earth","BEAUTY,CAST,DOWN,EARTH,GOD,HEAVEN,ISRAEL,ONCE,REACHED" Lamentations,2,1,"The terrible things that happened to Israel were the result of God's anger; the Lord is the one who caused them","ANGER,CAUSED,GOD,HAPPENED,ISRAEL,LORD,ONE,RESULT,TERRIBLE,THINGS,WHO" Lamentations,2,1,"There are times when God is angry","ANGRY,GOD,THERE,TIMES,WHEN" Lamentations,2,1,"There are times when God is angry with nations","ANGRY,GOD,NATIONS,THERE,TIMES,WHEN" Lamentations,2,1,"This book is talking about the day of the Lord's anger against Israel","AGAINST,ANGER,BOOK,DAY,ISRAEL,LORD,TALKING" Lamentations,2,2,"God can bring judgment upon the leadership of a nation","BRING,CAN,GOD,JUDGMENT,LEADERSHIP,NATION" Lamentations,2,2,"God can cast down the strongholds of nations","CAN,CAST,DOWN,GOD,NATIONS,STRONGHOLDS" Lamentations,2,2,"God's judgment came upon all the habitations (cities) of Jacob (Israel)","ALL,CITIES,GOD,HABITATIONS,ISRAEL,JACOB,JUDGMENT" Lamentations,2,2,"God's wrath fell upon the cities of Judah","CITIES,FELL,GOD,JUDAH,WRATH" Lamentations,2,2,"God's wrath fell upon the leadership of Judah","FELL,GOD,JUDAH,LEADERSHIP,WRATH" Lamentations,2,2,"God's wrath fell upon the strongholds of Judah","FELL,GOD,JUDAH,STRONGHOLDS,WRATH" Lamentations,2,2,"In the day of God's anger He showed no pity to the Israelites","ANGER,DAY,GOD,HE,ISRAELITES,NO,PITY,SHOWED" Lamentations,2,2,"In the day of God's wrath He polluted the kingdom of Judah","DAY,GOD,HE,JUDAH,KINGDOM,POLLUTED,WRATH" Lamentations,2,2,"In the day of God's wrath He polluted the princes of Judah","DAY,GOD,HE,JUDAH,POLLUTED,PRINCES,WRATH" Lamentations,2,2,"In the day of God's wrath He threw down the strongholds of Judah","DAY,DOWN,GOD,HE,JUDAH,STRONGHOLDS,THREW,WRATH" Lamentations,2,3,"God's anger against Israel was fierce","AGAINST,ANGER,FIERCE,GOD,ISRAEL" Lamentations,2,3,"In the day of God's anger He cut off Israel's horn; (in the Bible horns are symbolic of power)","ANGER,BIBLE,DAY,GOD,HE,HORN,HORNS,ISRAEL,OFF,POWER,SYMBOLIC" Lamentations,2,3,"In the day of God's anger He withdrew His hand from Israel's enemy, allowing them to devour Israel","ALLOWING,ANGER,DAY,DEVOUR,ENEMY,GOD,HAND,HE,HIS,ISRAEL,WITHDREW" Lamentations,2,3,"In the day of God's anger His wrath burned against Israel like a devouring fire","AGAINST,ANGER,BURNED,DAY,DEVOURING,FIRE,GOD,HIS,ISRAEL,LIKE,WRATH" Lamentations,2,3,"There are times when God protects nations from their enemies, and there are times when God turns nations over to their enemies","ENEMIES,GOD,NATIONS,PROTECTS,THERE,TIMES,TURNS,WHEN" Lamentations,2,4,"In the day of God's anger He came against Israel like an enemy","AGAINST,ANGER,DAY,ENEMY,GOD,HE,ISRAEL,LIKE" Lamentations,2,4,"In the day of God's anger He killed all those who were 'pleasant to the eye'","ALL,ANGER,DAY,EYE,GOD,HE,KILLED,PLEASANT,WHO" Lamentations,2,4,"In the day of God's anger He poured out His fury like fire","ANGER,DAY,FIRE,FURY,GOD,HE,HIS,LIKE,POURED" Lamentations,2,4,"In the day of God's anger He was an adversary of Israel","ADVERSARY,ANGER,DAY,GOD,HE,ISRAEL" Lamentations,2,5,"In the day of God's anger He destroyed Israel's strongholds","ANGER,DAY,DESTROYED,GOD,HE,ISRAEL,STRONGHOLDS" Lamentations,2,5,"In the day of God's anger He swallowed up all her palaces","ALL,ANGER,DAY,GOD,HE,HER,PALACES,SWALLOWED,UP" Lamentations,2,5,"In the day of God's anger He was Israel's enemy","ANGER,DAY,ENEMY,GOD,HE,ISRAEL" Lamentations,2,5,"The day of God's anger caused lamentation among the Jews","AMONG,ANGER,CAUSED,DAY,GOD,JEWS,LAMENTATION" Lamentations,2,5,"The day of God's anger caused mourning among the Jews","AMONG,ANGER,CAUSED,DAY,GOD,JEWS,MOURNING" Lamentations,2,6,"God put an end to the Sabbaths that the Jews had celebrated; the Sabbaths were forgotten","CELEBRATED,END,FORGOTTEN,GOD,JEWS,PUT,SABBATHS" Lamentations,2,6,"God put an end to the solemn feasts that the Jews had celebrated; the solemn feasts were forgotten","CELEBRATED,END,FEASTS,FORGOTTEN,GOD,JEWS,PUT,SOLEMN" Lamentations,2,6,"God was the one who came against the temple and destroyed it; that was His doing","AGAINST,DESTROYED,DOING,GOD,HIS,ONE,TEMPLE,WHO" Lamentations,2,6,"In the day of God's anger He despised the king","ANGER,DAY,DESPISED,GOD,HE,KING" Lamentations,2,6,"In the day of God's anger He despised the priest","ANGER,DAY,DESPISED,GOD,HE,PRIEST" Lamentations,2,6,"In the day of God's anger He destroyed the places where the Jews assembled; (this seems to be a reference to the places where the Jews assembled to worship God)","ANGER,ASSEMBLED,DAY,DESTROYED,GOD,HE,JEWS,PLACES,REFERENCE,SEEMS,WHERE,WORSHIP" Lamentations,2,6,"In the day of God's anger He violently took away his tabernacle; (this seems to be a reference to the destruction of the temple)","ANGER,AWAY,DAY,DESTRUCTION,GOD,HE,HIS,REFERENCE,SEEMS,TABERNACLE,TEMPLE,TOOK,VIOLENTLY" Lamentations,2,6,"The king was not safe from God's anger","ANGER,GOD,KING,NOT,SAFE" Lamentations,2,6,"The priests were not safe from God's anger","ANGER,GOD,NOT,PRIESTS,SAFE" Lamentations,2,6,"The temple was not safe from God's anger","ANGER,GOD,NOT,SAFE,TEMPLE" Lamentations,2,7,"God's judgment came against His own altar and His own sanctuary; He did not spare those places in His wrath","AGAINST,ALTAR,GOD,HE,HIS,JUDGMENT,NOT,OWN,PLACES,SANCTUARY,SPARE,WRATH" Lamentations,2,7,"In the day of God's anger He abhorred His sanctuary","ABHORRED,ANGER,DAY,GOD,HE,HIS,SANCTUARY" Lamentations,2,7,"In the day of God's anger He cast off His altar","ALTAR,ANGER,CAST,DAY,GOD,HE,HIS,OFF" Lamentations,2,7,"In the day of God's anger He turned Judah's palaces over to her enemies","ANGER,DAY,ENEMIES,GOD,HE,HER,JUDAH,PALACES,TURNED" Lamentations,2,7,"In the day of God's anger He turned the temple over to Judah's enemies","ANGER,DAY,ENEMIES,GOD,HE,JUDAH,TEMPLE,TURNED" Lamentations,2,7,"The enemies of God made noise in the temple, just as the Jews once did during the solemn feasts","DURING,ENEMIES,FEASTS,GOD,JEWS,JUST,MADE,NOISE,ONCE,SOLEMN,TEMPLE" Lamentations,2,8,"God has purposed to destroy the wall of Zion; (this seems to be a reference to the wall around Jerusalem)","DESTROY,GOD,JERUSALEM,PURPOSED,REFERENCE,SEEMS,WALL,ZION" Lamentations,2,8,"God was the one who destroyed the rampart of Jerusalem; (the rampart is a defensive wall)","DESTROYED,GOD,JERUSALEM,ONE,RAMPART,WALL,WHO" Lamentations,2,8,"God was the one who tore down the wall around Jerusalem","DOWN,GOD,JERUSALEM,ONE,TORE,WALL,WHO" Lamentations,2,9,"In the day of God's anger He destroyed the gates of Jerusalem","ANGER,DAY,DESTROYED,GATES,GOD,HE,JERUSALEM" Lamentations,2,9,"In the day of God's anger He sent the king of Judah into captivity","ANGER,CAPTIVITY,DAY,GOD,HE,JUDAH,KING,SENT" Lamentations,2,9,"In the day of God's anger He sent the princes of Judah into captivity","ANGER,CAPTIVITY,DAY,GOD,HE,JUDAH,PRINCES,SENT" Lamentations,2,9,"The law is no more; (this could refer to the teaching of the Law, or that Jerusalem was in a state of anarchy, or that those who once enforced the law are gone, or that the priests are dead)","DEAD,GONE,JERUSALEM,LAW,NO,ONCE,PRIESTS,REFER,STATE,TEACHING,WHO" Lamentations,2,9,"The prophets no longer received visions from the Lord","LONGER,LORD,NO,PROPHETS,RECEIVED,VISIONS" Lamentations,2,10,"In the day of God's anger the elders of Judah cast dust upon their heads","ANGER,CAST,DAY,DUST,ELDERS,GOD,HEADS,JUDAH" Lamentations,2,10,"In the day of God's anger the elders of Judah sat upon the ground","ANGER,DAY,ELDERS,GOD,GROUND,JUDAH,SAT" Lamentations,2,10,"In the day of God's anger the elders of Judah were full of grief","ANGER,DAY,ELDERS,FULL,GOD,GRIEF,JUDAH" Lamentations,2,10,"In the day of God's anger the elders of Judah were silent","ANGER,DAY,ELDERS,GOD,JUDAH,SILENT" Lamentations,2,10,"In the day of God's anger the elders of Judah wore sackcloth","ANGER,DAY,ELDERS,GOD,JUDAH,SACKCLOTH,WORE" Lamentations,2,10,"In the day of God's anger the virgins of Judah hung their heads to the ground","ANGER,DAY,GOD,GROUND,HEADS,HUNG,JUDAH,VIRGINS" Lamentations,2,10,"In the day of God's anger the virgins of Judah were full of grief","ANGER,DAY,FULL,GOD,GRIEF,JUDAH,VIRGINS" Lamentations,2,11,"In the day of God's anger He did not spare the children or the infants; they suffered along with everyone else","ANGER,CHILDREN,DAY,EVERYONE,GOD,HE,INFANTS,NOT,SPARE,SUFFERED" Lamentations,2,11,"In the day of God's anger the children were fainting in the street","ANGER,CHILDREN,DAY,FAINTING,GOD,STREET" Lamentations,2,11,"In the day of God's anger the infants were fainting in the street","ANGER,DAY,FAINTING,GOD,INFANTS,STREET" Lamentations,2,11,"Jeremiah was deeply troubled; the destruction of Judah greatly upset him and filled him with pain and sorrow","DEEPLY,DESTRUCTION,FILLED,GREATLY,HIM,JEREMIAH,JUDAH,PAIN,SORROW,TROUBLED,UPSET" Lamentations,2,11,"Jeremiah's eyes were full of tears","EYES,FULL,JEREMIAH,TEARS" Lamentations,2,12,"In the day of God's anger the children were starving","ANGER,CHILDREN,DAY,GOD,STARVING" Lamentations,2,12,"In the day of God's anger the infants were starving","ANGER,DAY,GOD,INFANTS,STARVING" Lamentations,2,12,"The children asked their mothers for corn","ASKED,CHILDREN,CORN,MOTHERS" Lamentations,2,12,"The children asked their mothers for wine; (apparently children drank wine in those days)","ASKED,CHILDREN,DAYS,DRANK,MOTHERS,WINE" Lamentations,2,13,"Jeremiah wanted to comfort Judah but he did not know how to do that, because their injury was too great to heal","BECAUSE,COMFORT,DO,GREAT,HE,HEAL,INJURY,JEREMIAH,JUDAH,KNOW,NOT,WANTED" Lamentations,2,14,"Because the people did not turn away from their iniquity, God sent His judgment against them and sent the people into captivity","AGAINST,AWAY,BECAUSE,CAPTIVITY,GOD,HIS,INIQUITY,JUDGMENT,NOT,PEOPLE,SENT,TURN" Lamentations,2,14,"The burdens (prophecies) of the false prophets were false; they contributed to the problem because they did not cause the people to turn away from their sin","AWAY,BECAUSE,BURDENS,CAUSE,FALSE,NOT,PEOPLE,PROBLEM,PROPHECIES,PROPHETS,SIN,TURN" Lamentations,2,14,"The lies that the prophets proclaimed did not help the people; instead they did great harm","GREAT,HARM,HELP,INSTEAD,LIES,NOT,PEOPLE,PROCLAIMED,PROPHETS" Lamentations,2,14,"The lies which the prophets had proclaimed did not cause the people to turn away from their iniquity","AWAY,CAUSE,INIQUITY,LIES,NOT,PEOPLE,PROCLAIMED,PROPHETS,TURN,WHICH" Lamentations,2,14,"The prophets had been prophesying lies to the people","LIES,PEOPLE,PROPHESYING,PROPHETS" Lamentations,2,15,"After the judgment, Jerusalem was an object of ridicule; those who passed by the ruined city mocked it","AFTER,CITY,JERUSALEM,JUDGMENT,MOCKED,OBJECT,PASSED,RUINED,WHO" Lamentations,2,15,"Before the judgment, Jerusalem was called the joy of the whole earth","BEFORE,CALLED,EARTH,JERUSALEM,JOY,JUDGMENT,WHOLE" Lamentations,2,15,"Before the judgment, Jerusalem was called the perfection of beauty","BEAUTY,BEFORE,CALLED,JERUSALEM,JUDGMENT,PERFECTION" Lamentations,2,15,"Those who passed by the ruined city of Jerusalem clapped their hands against the city","AGAINST,CITY,CLAPPED,HANDS,JERUSALEM,PASSED,RUINED,WHO" Lamentations,2,15,"Those who passed by the ruined city of Jerusalem hissed at the city","CITY,HISSED,JERUSALEM,PASSED,RUINED,WHO" Lamentations,2,15,"Those who passed by the ruined city of Jerusalem wagged their head against the city","AGAINST,CITY,HEAD,JERUSALEM,PASSED,RUINED,WHO" Lamentations,2,16,"After the judgment, the enemies of the Jews gnashed their teeth against Jerusalem","AFTER,AGAINST,ENEMIES,GNASHED,JERUSALEM,JEWS,JUDGMENT,TEETH" Lamentations,2,16,"After the judgment, the enemies of the Jews hissed against Jerusalem","AFTER,AGAINST,ENEMIES,HISSED,JERUSALEM,JEWS,JUDGMENT" Lamentations,2,16,"After the judgment, the enemies of the Jews spoke against Jerusalem","AFTER,AGAINST,ENEMIES,JERUSALEM,JEWS,JUDGMENT,SPOKE" Lamentations,2,16,"After the judgment, the enemies of the Jews took credit for swallowing up the city; the day that they had longed for had finally come to pass","AFTER,CITY,COME,DAY,ENEMIES,FINALLY,JEWS,JUDGMENT,LONGED,PASS,TOOK,UP" Lamentations,2,16,"God's judgment against Judah caused the enemies of the Jews to rejoice; they took credit for its destruction","AGAINST,CAUSED,DESTRUCTION,ENEMIES,GOD,JEWS,JUDAH,JUDGMENT,REJOICE,TOOK" Lamentations,2,17,"God caused the enemies of the Jews to rejoice","CAUSED,ENEMIES,GOD,JEWS,REJOICE" Lamentations,2,17,"God empowered the enemies of the Jews","ENEMIES,GOD,JEWS" Lamentations,2,17,"God said that He would destroy Judah, and He did; He kept His promise that He had made long ago","DESTROY,GOD,HE,HIS,JUDAH,KEPT,LONG,MADE,PROMISE,SAID" Lamentations,2,17,"God threw down the cities of Judah; He destroyed them, and in that day did not take pity on the Jews","CITIES,DAY,DESTROYED,DOWN,GOD,HE,JEWS,JUDAH,NOT,PITY,TAKE,THREW" Lamentations,2,17,"The judgment of Judah was from the Lord; He did what He said He would do, and He carried out His plan","CARRIED,DO,HE,HIS,JUDAH,JUDGMENT,LORD,PLAN,SAID,WHAT" Lamentations,2,18,"Even though the people that God was punishing were exceedingly wicked, Jeremiah still wept when God's judgment fell","EXCEEDINGLY,FELL,GOD,JEREMIAH,JUDGMENT,PEOPLE,PUNISHING,WEPT,WHEN,WICKED" Lamentations,2,18,"God is called the wall of the daughter of Zion; He is compared to the protective wall around Jerusalem","CALLED,COMPARED,DAUGHTER,GOD,HE,JERUSALEM,PROTECTIVE,WALL,ZION" Lamentations,2,18,"It is appropriate to weep when God's judgment comes","APPROPRIATE,COMES,GOD,JUDGMENT,WEEP,WHEN" Lamentations,2,18,"Jeremiah prayed that God would not completely wipe out the Jews; he prayed that the Jews would not cease to exist","CEASE,COMPLETELY,EXIST,GOD,HE,JEREMIAH,JEWS,NOT,PRAYED,WIPE" Lamentations,2,18,"Jeremiah sought for people to cry before the Lord day and night, for the terrible things that had befallen the Jews","BEFALLEN,BEFORE,CRY,DAY,JEREMIAH,JEWS,LORD,NIGHT,PEOPLE,SOUGHT,TERRIBLE,THINGS" Lamentations,2,18,"The heart of the Jews cried out to God in the day of their distress","CRIED,DAY,DISTRESS,GOD,HEART,JEWS" Lamentations,2,18,"The Jews are called the apple of God's eye; they are precious to the Lord","APPLE,CALLED,EYE,GOD,JEWS,LORD,PRECIOUS" Lamentations,2,19,"Apparently there were many children who were starving to death, for Jeremiah said that they were fainting from hunger 'in the top of every street'","CHILDREN,DEATH,EVERY,FAINTING,HUNGER,JEREMIAH,MANY,SAID,STARVING,STREET,THERE,TOP,WHO" Lamentations,2,19,"Even though God was the one who sent the judgment, and even though God's anger against the Jews was fierce, Jeremiah still sought for people to cry out to God and pour out their heart to Him","AGAINST,ANGER,CRY,FIERCE,GOD,HEART,HIM,JEREMIAH,JEWS,JUDGMENT,ONE,PEOPLE,POUR,SENT,SOUGHT,WHO" Lamentations,2,19,"Jeremiah sought for people to arise and cry out to God over the judgment","ARISE,CRY,GOD,JEREMIAH,JUDGMENT,PEOPLE,SOUGHT" Lamentations,2,19,"Jeremiah sought for people to pour out their heart like water before the Lord","BEFORE,HEART,JEREMIAH,LIKE,LORD,PEOPLE,POUR,SOUGHT,WATER" Lamentations,2,19,"Jeremiah sought for people to pray that God would spare their children, who were starving to death","CHILDREN,DEATH,GOD,JEREMIAH,PEOPLE,PRAY,SOUGHT,SPARE,STARVING,WHO" Lamentations,2,20,"Mothers were murdering and eating their own infants","EATING,INFANTS,MOTHERS,MURDERING,OWN" Lamentations,2,20,"Priests were killed in the sanctuary of the Lord","KILLED,LORD,PRIESTS,SANCTUARY" Lamentations,2,20,"Prophets were killed in the sanctuary of the Lord","KILLED,LORD,PROPHETS,SANCTUARY" Lamentations,2,20,"The Jews had turned to cannibalism; since there was no food left, they were killing and eating each other","CANNIBALISM,EATING,FOOD,JEWS,KILLING,LEFT,NO,SINCE,THERE,TURNED" Lamentations,2,21,"In the day of God's anger He did not pity anyone","ANGER,ANYONE,DAY,GOD,HE,NOT,PITY" Lamentations,2,21,"In the day of God's anger He killed young and old","ANGER,DAY,GOD,HE,KILLED,OLD,YOUNG" Lamentations,2,21,"Old men were killed","KILLED,MEN,OLD" Lamentations,2,21,"The corpses of old men were lying unburied in the streets","CORPSES,LYING,MEN,OLD,STREETS,UNBURIED" Lamentations,2,21,"The corpses of virgins were lying unburied in the streets","CORPSES,LYING,STREETS,UNBURIED,VIRGINS" Lamentations,2,21,"The corpses of young men were lying unburied in the streets","CORPSES,LYING,MEN,STREETS,UNBURIED,YOUNG" Lamentations,2,21,"Virgins were killed","KILLED,VIRGINS" Lamentations,2,21,"Young men were killed","KILLED,MEN,YOUNG" Lamentations,2,22,"God was the one who sent terrors upon Judah","GOD,JUDAH,ONE,SENT,TERRORS,WHO" Lamentations,2,22,"In the day of God's anger no one escaped","ANGER,DAY,ESCAPED,GOD,NO,ONE" Lamentations,2,22,"In the day of God's anger no one remained","ANGER,DAY,GOD,NO,ONE,REMAINED" Lamentations,2,22,"In the day of God's anger the enemies of the Jews killed them and their children","ANGER,CHILDREN,DAY,ENEMIES,GOD,JEWS,KILLED" Lamentations,3,1,"Even though Jeremiah had done nothing wrong, and even though he was a faithful prophet to told the truth, he still suffered and was afflicted","AFFLICTED,DONE,FAITHFUL,HE,JEREMIAH,NOTHING,PROPHET,SUFFERED,TOLD,TRUTH,WRONG" Lamentations,3,1,"Jeremiah was afflicted by the wrath of God","AFFLICTED,GOD,JEREMIAH,WRATH" Lamentations,3,1,"This passage is about an individual (a man) who was afflicted by the wrath of God; it is not talking about the Messiah because it says his bones were broken (v4), and none of the Messiah's bones were broken; it therefore seems to be talking about things that Jeremiah suffered","AFFLICTED,BECAUSE,BONES,BROKEN,GOD,HIS,INDIVIDUAL,JEREMIAH,MAN,MESSIAH,NONE,NOT,PASSAGE,SAYS,SEEMS,SUFFERED,TALKING,THEREFORE,THINGS,WHO,WRATH" Lamentations,3,2,"Even though Jeremiah was faithful, he was still led into the darkness and he still suffered","DARKNESS,FAITHFUL,HE,JEREMIAH,LED,SUFFERED" Lamentations,3,2,"Jeremiah was led by God out of the light and into darkness","DARKNESS,GOD,JEREMIAH,LED,LIGHT" Lamentations,3,3,"Even though Jeremiah did not sin and did nothing wrong, the hand of God was still against him","AGAINST,GOD,HAND,HIM,JEREMIAH,NOT,NOTHING,SIN,WRONG" Lamentations,3,3,"Jeremiah said that God had turned against him","AGAINST,GOD,HIM,JEREMIAH,SAID,TURNED" Lamentations,3,3,"Jeremiah said that God's hand was against him","AGAINST,GOD,HAND,HIM,JEREMIAH,SAID" Lamentations,3,4,"Jeremiah suffered along with his people, even though he was righteous and they were not; Jeremiah's righteousness did not allow him to escape the time of suffering and anguish that God poured out upon the Jews","ALLOW,ANGUISH,ESCAPE,GOD,HE,HIM,HIS,JEREMIAH,JEWS,NOT,PEOPLE,POURED,RIGHTEOUS,RIGHTEOUSNESS,SUFFERED,SUFFERING,TIME" Lamentations,3,4,"Jeremiah's bones were broken; (this confirms that this passage is not about the Messiah, because none of his bones were broken)","BECAUSE,BONES,BROKEN,HIS,JEREMIAH,MESSIAH,NONE,NOT,PASSAGE" Lamentations,3,4,"Jeremiah's skin was damaged; it became prematurely old","BECAME,DAMAGED,JEREMIAH,OLD,PREMATURELY,SKIN" Lamentations,3,5,"Even though Jeremiah was faithful, God still filled his life with suffering","FAITHFUL,FILLED,GOD,HIS,JEREMIAH,LIFE,SUFFERING" Lamentations,3,5,"God never promised that the righteous would not suffer","GOD,NEVER,NOT,PROMISED,RIGHTEOUS,SUFFER" Lamentations,3,5,"Jeremiah said that God had come against him","AGAINST,COME,GOD,HIM,JEREMIAH,SAID" Lamentations,3,5,"Jeremiah said that God had filled his life with gall (bitterness)","BITTERNESS,FILLED,GALL,GOD,HIS,JEREMIAH,LIFE,SAID" Lamentations,3,5,"Jeremiah said that God had filled his life with travail (pain and suffering)","FILLED,GOD,HIS,JEREMIAH,LIFE,PAIN,SAID,SUFFERING,TRAVAIL" Lamentations,3,6,"God set Jeremiah in dark places","DARK,GOD,JEREMIAH,PLACES,SET" Lamentations,3,6,"It is not true that all suffering is a result of sin","ALL,NOT,RESULT,SIN,SUFFERING,TRUE" Lamentations,3,6,"It is not true that if we live a good life we will not suffer","GOOD,IF,LIFE,LIVE,NOT,SUFFER,TRUE" Lamentations,3,6,"Jeremiah compared his life to being dead","BEING,COMPARED,DEAD,HIS,JEREMIAH,LIFE" Lamentations,3,6,"The reason Jeremiah suffered so much was because of God; the Lord was the one who broke his bones, and filled his life with pain, and brought great bitterness into his life; the Lord was the one who put him in the darkness, even though Jeremiah was righteous and faithful","BECAUSE,BITTERNESS,BONES,BROKE,BROUGHT,DARKNESS,FAITHFUL,FILLED,GOD,GREAT,HIM,HIS,JEREMIAH,LIFE,LORD,MUCH,ONE,PAIN,PUT,REASON,RIGHTEOUS,SUFFERED,WHO" Lamentations,3,7,"God brought tremendous suffering into Jeremiah's life and did not give him a way to escape it; God did this even though Jeremiah was faithful","BROUGHT,ESCAPE,FAITHFUL,GIVE,GOD,HIM,JEREMIAH,LIFE,NOT,SUFFERING,TREMENDOUS" Lamentations,3,7,"God put a heavy chain on Jeremiah; (given that Jeremiah spent time in prison, this may be literal)","CHAIN,GIVEN,GOD,HEAVY,JEREMIAH,LITERAL,PRISON,PUT,SPENT,TIME" Lamentations,3,7,"God put a hedge around Jeremiah so that he could not escape; God trapped in in a life of bitterness and pain, even though Jeremiah was faithful and good","BITTERNESS,ESCAPE,FAITHFUL,GOD,GOOD,HE,HEDGE,JEREMIAH,LIFE,NOT,PAIN,PUT,TRAPPED" Lamentations,3,7,"Jeremiah was unable to escape the pain and suffering of his life; God trapped him","ESCAPE,GOD,HIM,HIS,JEREMIAH,LIFE,PAIN,SUFFERING,TRAPPED,UNABLE" Lamentations,3,8,"Even though Jeremiah was faithful, and even though Jeremiah was suffering terribly, God refused to hear his prayers","FAITHFUL,GOD,HEAR,HIS,JEREMIAH,PRAYERS,REFUSED,SUFFERING,TERRIBLY" Lamentations,3,8,"God does not always hear us when we cry out","ALWAYS,CRY,GOD,HEAR,NOT,WHEN" Lamentations,3,8,"Jeremiah cried out to God, but the Lord refused to hear his prayers","CRIED,GOD,HEAR,HIS,JEREMIAH,LORD,PRAYERS,REFUSED" Lamentations,3,8,"Jeremiah shouted out to God, but the Lord refused to hear his prayers","GOD,HEAR,HIS,JEREMIAH,LORD,PRAYERS,REFUSED,SHOUTED" Lamentations,3,8,"There are times when God will not hear our prayers, even though we have done nothing wrong","DONE,GOD,HEAR,NOT,NOTHING,OUR,PRAYERS,THERE,TIMES,WHEN,WRONG" Lamentations,3,8,"There are times when God will trap us in suffering and give us no way out, even though we have done nothing wrong","DONE,GIVE,GOD,NO,NOTHING,SUFFERING,THERE,TIMES,TRAP,WHEN,WRONG" Lamentations,3,9,"Jeremiah said that God walled up his path with stone so that he could not escape; Jeremiah was trapped in a terrible circumstance and God would not allow him to be freed from it","ALLOW,ESCAPE,FREED,GOD,HE,HIM,HIS,JEREMIAH,NOT,PATH,SAID,STONE,TERRIBLE,TRAPPED,UP,WALLED" Lamentations,3,9,"Jeremiah said that God was the one who made his paths crooked; God was the one who put him on a painful path, and who would not let him escape it; God did this even though Jeremiah was faithful and righteous","CROOKED,ESCAPE,FAITHFUL,GOD,HIM,HIS,JEREMIAH,LET,MADE,NOT,ONE,PAINFUL,PATH,PATHS,PUT,RIGHTEOUS,SAID,WHO" Lamentations,3,9,"There are times when God may put us on a painful path, through no fault of our own; God may even trap us there and give us no way out","FAULT,GIVE,GOD,NO,OUR,OWN,PAINFUL,PATH,PUT,THERE,TIMES,TRAP,WHEN" Lamentations,3,10,"Jeremiah compared God to a bear who was lying in wait to tear him apart","BEAR,COMPARED,GOD,HIM,JEREMIAH,LYING,TEAR,WAIT,WHO" Lamentations,3,10,"Jeremiah compared God to a lion who was lying in wait to tear him apart","COMPARED,GOD,HIM,JEREMIAH,LION,LYING,TEAR,WAIT,WHO" Lamentations,3,10,"Jeremiah said that God had come against him like a lion or a bear; God did this even though Jeremiah was righteous and faithful","AGAINST,BEAR,COME,FAITHFUL,GOD,HIM,JEREMIAH,LIKE,LION,RIGHTEOUS,SAID" Lamentations,3,11,"Jeremiah said that God had made him desolate","DESOLATE,GOD,HIM,JEREMIAH,MADE,SAID" Lamentations,3,11,"Jeremiah said that God had tuned him aside and pulled him apart","GOD,HIM,JEREMIAH,PULLED,SAID" Lamentations,3,11,"Serving God did not improve Jeremiah's life; instead it brought him terrible pain and sorrow, because God tormented him and made him desolate","BECAUSE,BROUGHT,DESOLATE,GOD,HIM,IMPROVE,INSTEAD,JEREMIAH,LIFE,MADE,NOT,PAIN,SERVING,SORROW,TERRIBLE,TORMENTED" Lamentations,3,11,"There are times when God tears the righteous to pieces and makes them desolate","DESOLATE,GOD,MAKES,PIECES,RIGHTEOUS,TEARS,THERE,TIMES,WHEN" Lamentations,3,12,"Jeremiah said that he was a target for God's arrows","ARROWS,GOD,HE,JEREMIAH,SAID,TARGET" Lamentations,3,13,"Jeremiah said that God was firing arrows at him, and those arrows were piercing him and causing him great pain and distress","ARROWS,CAUSING,DISTRESS,GOD,GREAT,HIM,JEREMIAH,PAIN,PIERCING,SAID" Lamentations,3,13,"The person who had afflicted Jeremiah so greatly was God","AFFLICTED,GOD,GREATLY,JEREMIAH,PERSON,WHO" Lamentations,3,14,"All of the people derided Jeremiah","ALL,DERIDED,JEREMIAH,PEOPLE" Lamentations,3,14,"The hand of God was against Jeremiah, and the people were against Jeremiah as well; he had no one to turn to for comfort or help, for God did not hear his prayers and the people mocked him","AGAINST,COMFORT,GOD,HAND,HE,HEAR,HELP,HIM,HIS,JEREMIAH,MOCKED,NO,NOT,ONE,PEOPLE,PRAYERS,TURN" Lamentations,3,14,"The people mocked Jeremiah","JEREMIAH,MOCKED,PEOPLE" Lamentations,3,15,"Even though Jeremiah was faithful, God did not fill his life with joy; instead He filled it with bitterness and pain","BITTERNESS,FAITHFUL,FILL,FILLED,GOD,HE,HIS,INSTEAD,JEREMIAH,JOY,LIFE,NOT,PAIN" Lamentations,3,15,"God filled Jeremiah's life with bitterness","BITTERNESS,FILLED,GOD,JEREMIAH,LIFE" Lamentations,3,16,"God broke Jeremiah's teeth with gravel","BROKE,GOD,GRAVEL,JEREMIAH,TEETH" Lamentations,3,16,"God covered Jeremiah with ashes","ASHES,COVERED,GOD,JEREMIAH" Lamentations,3,16,"God put Jeremiah through enormous pain","ENORMOUS,GOD,JEREMIAH,PAIN,PUT" Lamentations,3,17,"God did not give Jeremiah peace through this suffering; instead God took His peace away","AWAY,GIVE,GOD,HIS,INSTEAD,JEREMIAH,NOT,PEACE,SUFFERING,TOOK" Lamentations,3,17,"God took peace away from Jeremiah","AWAY,GOD,JEREMIAH,PEACE,TOOK" Lamentations,3,17,"God took prosperity away from Jeremiah","AWAY,GOD,JEREMIAH,PROSPERITY,TOOK" Lamentations,3,17,"The soul of Jeremiah was not at peace; this is because God took His peace away","AWAY,BECAUSE,GOD,HIS,JEREMIAH,NOT,PEACE,SOUL,TOOK" Lamentations,3,18,"God took away Jeremiah's hope","AWAY,GOD,HOPE,JEREMIAH,TOOK" Lamentations,3,18,"God took away Jeremiah's strength","AWAY,GOD,JEREMIAH,STRENGTH,TOOK" Lamentations,3,18,"Jeremiah said that his hope was gone","GONE,HIS,HOPE,JEREMIAH,SAID" Lamentations,3,18,"Jeremiah said that his strength was gone","GONE,HIS,JEREMIAH,SAID,STRENGTH" Lamentations,3,19,"Even though Jeremiah was faithful, God afflicted him and made him miserable","AFFLICTED,FAITHFUL,GOD,HIM,JEREMIAH,MADE,MISERABLE" Lamentations,3,19,"God greatly afflicted Jeremiah","AFFLICTED,GOD,GREATLY,JEREMIAH" Lamentations,3,19,"Jeremiah was miserable","JEREMIAH,MISERABLE" Lamentations,3,20,"Jeremiah's soul remembered his affliction","AFFLICTION,HIS,JEREMIAH,REMEMBERED,SOUL" Lamentations,3,20,"Jeremiah's soul remembered his misery","HIS,JEREMIAH,MISERY,REMEMBERED,SOUL" Lamentations,3,20,"Jeremiah's soul was humbled","HUMBLED,JEREMIAH,SOUL" Lamentations,3,20,"Souls can remember things","CAN,REMEMBER,SOULS,THINGS" Lamentations,3,21,"Jeremiah did not respond to all of this suffering by cursing God or turning away from Him; instead He remembered the mercies of the Lord","ALL,AWAY,CURSING,GOD,HE,HIM,INSTEAD,JEREMIAH,LORD,MERCIES,NOT,REMEMBERED,RESPOND,SUFFERING,TURNING" Lamentations,3,21,"Jeremiah remembered something that gave him hope in spite of all the things he had suffered: he remembered the mercies of the Lord","ALL,GAVE,HE,HIM,HOPE,JEREMIAH,LORD,MERCIES,REMEMBERED,SOMETHING,SPITE,SUFFERED,THINGS" Lamentations,3,22,"God had compassion on the Jews and did not utterly destroy them; the reason they survived as a people was because His compassions did not fail","BECAUSE,COMPASSION,COMPASSIONS,DESTROY,FAIL,GOD,HIS,JEWS,NOT,PEOPLE,REASON,SURVIVED" Lamentations,3,22,"God showed mercy to the Jews in their time of suffering; He spared them from being utterly destroyed and annihilated","BEING,DESTROYED,GOD,HE,JEWS,MERCY,SHOWED,SPARED,SUFFERING,TIME" Lamentations,3,22,"The reason God did not utterly destroy the Jews was because of His mercies","BECAUSE,DESTROY,GOD,HIS,JEWS,MERCIES,NOT,REASON" Lamentations,3,23,"God is faithful","FAITHFUL,GOD" Lamentations,3,23,"Jeremiah found hope in the mercies of God; he found this hope even though he was suffering greatly and there was no way out","FOUND,GOD,GREATLY,HE,HOPE,JEREMIAH,MERCIES,NO,SUFFERING,THERE" Lamentations,3,23,"The faithfulness of God is great","FAITHFULNESS,GOD,GREAT" Lamentations,3,23,"The mercies of God are new every morning","EVERY,GOD,MERCIES,MORNING,NEW" Lamentations,3,23,"When Jeremiah was suffering, he chose to hope in the mercies of God","CHOSE,GOD,HE,HOPE,JEREMIAH,MERCIES,SUFFERING,WHEN" Lamentations,3,24,"Jeremiah hoped in God, in spite of all the afflictions that God had brought into his life; his hope rested in God even as he suffered","AFFLICTIONS,ALL,BROUGHT,GOD,HE,HIS,HOPE,HOPED,JEREMIAH,LIFE,RESTED,SPITE,SUFFERED" Lamentations,3,24,"Jeremiah said that God was his portion (his inheritance)","GOD,HIS,INHERITANCE,JEREMIAH,PORTION,SAID" Lamentations,3,24,"Jeremiah said that he would hope in God","GOD,HE,HOPE,JEREMIAH,SAID" Lamentations,3,25,"God is good to the souls who seek Him","GOD,GOOD,HIM,SEEK,SOULS,WHO" Lamentations,3,25,"God is good to those who wait for Him","GOD,GOOD,HIM,WAIT,WHO" Lamentations,3,25,"We must learn patience, so we can endure times of suffering","CAN,ENDURE,LEARN,MUST,PATIENCE,SUFFERING,TIMES" Lamentations,3,25,"We must seek God","GOD,MUST,SEEK" Lamentations,3,25,"We must wait for God","GOD,MUST,WAIT" Lamentations,3,25,"When we suffer and are afflicted, we must seek God","AFFLICTED,GOD,MUST,SEEK,SUFFER,WHEN" Lamentations,3,25,"When we suffer and are afflicted, we must wait on God; the answer to suffering and misery is patience","AFFLICTED,ANSWER,GOD,MISERY,MUST,PATIENCE,SUFFER,SUFFERING,WAIT,WHEN" Lamentations,3,26,"It is good to hope for the salvation of the Lord","GOOD,HOPE,LORD,SALVATION" Lamentations,3,26,"It is good to quietly wait","GOOD,QUIETLY,WAIT" Lamentations,3,26,"It is good to wait for the salvation of the Lord","GOOD,LORD,SALVATION,WAIT" Lamentations,3,26,"One day the Lord will save us out of our afflictions","AFFLICTIONS,DAY,LORD,ONE,OUR,SAVE" Lamentations,3,26,"The salvation of the Lord may tarry a long time; we must wait for it","LONG,LORD,MUST,SALVATION,TARRY,TIME,WAIT" Lamentations,3,26,"We must learn to hope, even in times of affliction","AFFLICTION,HOPE,LEARN,MUST,TIMES" Lamentations,3,26,"We must learn to quietly wait for the day when the Lord will save us out of our troubles","DAY,LEARN,LORD,MUST,OUR,QUIETLY,SAVE,TROUBLES,WAIT,WHEN" Lamentations,3,26,"We must learn to wait, even in times of affliction","AFFLICTION,LEARN,MUST,TIMES,WAIT" Lamentations,3,27,"It is good to bear the yoke while we are young","BEAR,GOOD,WHILE,YOKE,YOUNG" Lamentations,3,27,"There is value in suffering; there is value in being afflicted and bearing the yoke","AFFLICTED,BEING,SUFFERING,THERE,VALUE,YOKE" Lamentations,3,28,"He (the Messiah?) has born something (our sin?)","BORN,HE,MESSIAH,OUR,SIN,SOMETHING" Lamentations,3,28,"He (the Messiah?) keeps silence","HE,KEEPS,MESSIAH,SILENCE" Lamentations,3,28,"He (the Messiah?) sits alone","ALONE,HE,MESSIAH,SITS" Lamentations,3,29,"He (the Messiah?) puts his mouth in the dust","DUST,HE,HIS,MESSIAH,MOUTH,PUTS" Lamentations,3,29,"He (the Messiah?) suffers so that there might be hope","HE,HOPE,MESSIAH,MIGHT,SUFFERS,THERE" Lamentations,3,30,"He (the Messiah?) gives his cheek to those who smite him","CHEEK,GIVES,HE,HIM,HIS,MESSIAH,SMITE,WHO" Lamentations,3,30,"He (the Messiah?) is filled with reproach","FILLED,HE,MESSIAH,REPROACH" Lamentations,3,31,"The hand of the Lord will not always be against the Jews","AGAINST,ALWAYS,HAND,JEWS,LORD,NOT" Lamentations,3,31,"The Lord will not always be angry with the Jews","ALWAYS,ANGRY,JEWS,LORD,NOT" Lamentations,3,31,"The Lord will not cast off forever","CAST,FOREVER,LORD,NOT,OFF" Lamentations,3,32,"God brought tremendous grief into the lives of the Jews","BROUGHT,GOD,GRIEF,JEWS,LIVES,TREMENDOUS" Lamentations,3,32,"God is compassionate","COMPASSIONATE,GOD" Lamentations,3,32,"God is merciful","GOD,MERCIFUL" Lamentations,3,32,"God would not always bring grief to the Jews; one day He will have compassion on them","ALWAYS,BRING,COMPASSION,DAY,GOD,GRIEF,HE,JEWS,NOT,ONE" Lamentations,3,32,"There are times when the Lord brings grief into our life","BRINGS,GRIEF,LIFE,LORD,OUR,THERE,TIMES,WHEN" Lamentations,3,32,"There would be a time when God would have compassion on the Jews","COMPASSION,GOD,JEWS,THERE,TIME,WHEN" Lamentations,3,33,"God does not desire to afflict people, or bring pain into their life","AFFLICT,BRING,DESIRE,GOD,LIFE,NOT,PAIN,PEOPLE" Lamentations,3,33,"God does not willingly afflict people","AFFLICT,GOD,NOT,PEOPLE,WILLINGLY" Lamentations,3,33,"God does not willingly grieve people","GOD,GRIEVE,NOT,PEOPLE,WILLINGLY" Lamentations,3,33,"There are times when God afflicts people, but He does not do it willingly","AFFLICTS,DO,GOD,HE,NOT,PEOPLE,THERE,TIMES,WHEN,WILLINGLY" Lamentations,3,33,"There are times when God grieves people, but He does not do it willingly","DO,GOD,GRIEVES,HE,NOT,PEOPLE,THERE,TIMES,WHEN,WILLINGLY" Lamentations,3,34,"Jeremiah speaks of a time when God will crush all the prisoners of the world under His feet; (this seems to be speaking of a time of judgment upon the wicked)","ALL,CRUSH,FEET,GOD,HIS,JEREMIAH,JUDGMENT,PRISONERS,SEEMS,SPEAKING,SPEAKS,TIME,UNDER,WHEN,WICKED,WORLD" Lamentations,3,35,"God does not approve of those who deprive people of their rights","APPROVE,GOD,NOT,PEOPLE,WHO" Lamentations,3,35,"God does not approve of those who do evil","APPROVE,DO,EVIL,GOD,NOT,WHO" Lamentations,3,35,"God is the most High; there are none higher than Him","GOD,HIGH,HIGHER,HIM,NONE,THERE" Lamentations,3,35,"God sees all that is done in this world; He sees the wickedness of the wicked","ALL,DONE,GOD,HE,SEES,WICKED,WICKEDNESS,WORLD" Lamentations,3,36,"God does not approve of those who attack others and who wickedly come against them and thwart them","AGAINST,APPROVE,ATTACK,COME,GOD,NOT,THWART,WHO,WICKEDLY" Lamentations,3,36,"God does not approve of those who do evil to others, and who deprive them of what they are due","APPROVE,DO,DUE,EVIL,GOD,NOT,WHAT,WHO" Lamentations,3,37,"God is in control of everything that happens","CONTROL,EVERYTHING,GOD,HAPPENS" Lamentations,3,37,"No one can make something come to pass that is against the will of the Lord","AGAINST,CAN,COME,LORD,MAKE,NO,ONE,PASS,SOMETHING" Lamentations,3,37,"No one can thwart God or defeat Him","CAN,DEFEAT,GOD,HIM,NO,ONE,THWART" Lamentations,3,37,"The things that happen are of the Lord; nothing comes to pass that He does not command","COMES,COMMAND,HAPPEN,HE,LORD,NOT,NOTHING,PASS,THINGS" Lamentations,3,38,"God is in control of the things that we receive; our blessings and are problems all come from Him","ALL,BLESSINGS,COME,CONTROL,GOD,HIM,OUR,PROBLEMS,RECEIVE,THINGS" Lamentations,3,38,"God is the most High; He has the power to send us good things, or evil (painful) things","EVIL,GOD,GOOD,HE,HIGH,PAINFUL,POWER,SEND,THINGS" Lamentations,3,38,"God is the one who brings evil things into our lives (suffering and pain)","BRINGS,EVIL,GOD,LIVES,ONE,OUR,PAIN,SUFFERING,THINGS,WHO" Lamentations,3,38,"God is the one who brings good things into our lives (blessings)","BLESSINGS,BRINGS,GOD,GOOD,LIVES,ONE,OUR,THINGS,WHO" Lamentations,3,38,"God is the source of our blessings","BLESSINGS,GOD,OUR,SOURCE" Lamentations,3,38,"God is the source of our pain","GOD,OUR,PAIN,SOURCE" Lamentations,3,39,"God is the most High; people have no right to complain about the things that He does","COMPLAIN,GOD,HE,HIGH,NO,PEOPLE,RIGHT,THINGS" Lamentations,3,39,"God punishes people for their sins","GOD,PEOPLE,PUNISHES,SINS" Lamentations,3,39,"People have no right to complain about the punishment that God sends upon them for their sin","COMPLAIN,GOD,NO,PEOPLE,PUNISHMENT,RIGHT,SENDS,SIN" Lamentations,3,39,"The Jews were suffering greatly because of their sins; since they were suffering because of their sins, they had no right to complain about it, for God's punishment upon them was just","BECAUSE,COMPLAIN,GOD,GREATLY,JEWS,JUST,NO,PUNISHMENT,RIGHT,SINCE,SINS,SUFFERING" Lamentations,3,39,"There are people who complain about the punishments that God has inflicted upon them for their sins","COMPLAIN,GOD,INFLICTED,PEOPLE,PUNISHMENTS,SINS,THERE,WHO" Lamentations,3,40,"Jeremiah called the nation to repentance; he said the Jews should respond to the terrible things that had happened to them by searching their ways, repenting of their sins, and doing what was right","CALLED,DOING,HAPPENED,HE,JEREMIAH,JEWS,NATION,REPENTANCE,REPENTING,RESPOND,RIGHT,SAID,SEARCHING,SHOULD,SINS,TERRIBLE,THINGS,WHAT" Lamentations,3,40,"We must search our ways, and see if they are acceptable to God","ACCEPTABLE,GOD,IF,MUST,OUR,SEARCH,SEE" Lamentations,3,40,"We must try (test) our ways, and see if what we are doing is right","DOING,IF,MUST,OUR,RIGHT,SEE,TEST,TRY,WHAT" Lamentations,3,40,"We must turn to the Lord","LORD,MUST,TURN" Lamentations,3,40,"When God afflicts us for our sins, we must do what is right and turn to the Lord; we must turn away from ur sins","AFFLICTS,AWAY,DO,GOD,LORD,MUST,OUR,RIGHT,SINS,TURN,UR,WHAT,WHEN" Lamentations,3,41,"God is in the heavens","GOD,HEAVENS" Lamentations,3,41,"Jeremiah told the Jews to respond to their suffering by lifting up their heart and hands to God; he told them to repent of their sins, change their ways, and seek God","CHANGE,GOD,HANDS,HE,HEART,JEREMIAH,JEWS,LIFTING,REPENT,RESPOND,SEEK,SINS,SUFFERING,TOLD,UP" Lamentations,3,41,"We must lift up our hands to God","GOD,HANDS,LIFT,MUST,OUR,UP" Lamentations,3,41,"We must lift up our heart to God","GOD,HEART,LIFT,MUST,OUR,UP" Lamentations,3,41,"When we are being afflicted for our sins, we must lift up our heart and our hands to God","AFFLICTED,BEING,GOD,HANDS,HEART,LIFT,MUST,OUR,SINS,UP,WHEN" Lamentations,3,41,"When we are being afflicted for our sins, we must seek God","AFFLICTED,BEING,GOD,MUST,OUR,SEEK,SINS,WHEN" Lamentations,3,42,"God had not pardoned the sins of the Jews","GOD,JEWS,NOT,PARDONED,SINS" Lamentations,3,42,"The Jews had rebelled against God","AGAINST,GOD,JEWS,REBELLED" Lamentations,3,42,"The Jews had transgressed against God","AGAINST,GOD,JEWS" Lamentations,3,43,"God had killed many of the Jews","GOD,JEWS,KILLED,MANY" Lamentations,3,43,"God had not pitied the Jews","GOD,JEWS,NOT,PITIED" Lamentations,3,43,"God had persecuted the Jews","GOD,JEWS,PERSECUTED" Lamentations,3,43,"God was angry with the Jews","ANGRY,GOD,JEWS" Lamentations,3,43,"The reason God was angry with the Jews was because of their transgressions and their rebellion","ANGRY,BECAUSE,GOD,JEWS,REASON,REBELLION,TRANSGRESSIONS" Lamentations,3,44,"God covered Himself with a cloud; this was an act of judgment","ACT,CLOUD,COVERED,GOD,HIMSELF,JUDGMENT" Lamentations,3,44,"God refused to hear the prayers of the Jews","GOD,HEAR,JEWS,PRAYERS,REFUSED" Lamentations,3,44,"God withdrew Himself from the Jews and refused to hear their prayers","GOD,HEAR,HIMSELF,JEWS,PRAYERS,REFUSED,WITHDREW" Lamentations,3,45,"God has the ability to give people and nations a bad reputation","ABILITY,BAD,GIVE,GOD,NATIONS,PEOPLE,REPUTATION" Lamentations,3,45,"God is the one who gave the Jews a bad reputation among the nations; He did this as punishment for their idolatry and rebellion","AMONG,BAD,GAVE,GOD,HE,IDOLATRY,JEWS,NATIONS,ONE,PUNISHMENT,REBELLION,REPUTATION,WHO" Lamentations,3,45,"God poured shame upon the Jews; He caused other nations to look upon them as garbage","CAUSED,GARBAGE,GOD,HE,JEWS,LOOK,NATIONS,POURED,SHAME" Lamentations,3,45,"There are times when God punishes peoples and nations by bringing shame upon them","BRINGING,GOD,NATIONS,PEOPLES,PUNISHES,SHAME,THERE,TIMES,WHEN" Lamentations,3,46,"All of the enemies of the Jews speak against them","AGAINST,ALL,ENEMIES,JEWS,SPEAK" Lamentations,3,46,"One of the ways that God can punish nations is by giving their enemies the ability to speak out against them","ABILITY,AGAINST,CAN,ENEMIES,GIVING,GOD,NATIONS,ONE,PUNISH,SPEAK" Lamentations,3,46,"The reason the enemies of the Jews can speak against them is because of the judgment that God poured out upon them","AGAINST,BECAUSE,CAN,ENEMIES,GOD,JEWS,JUDGMENT,POURED,REASON,SPEAK" Lamentations,3,47,"God sent a snare upon the Jews","GOD,JEWS,SENT,SNARE" Lamentations,3,47,"God sent desolation upon the Jews","DESOLATION,GOD,JEWS,SENT" Lamentations,3,47,"God sent destruction upon the Jews","DESTRUCTION,GOD,JEWS,SENT" Lamentations,3,47,"God sent fear upon the Jews","FEAR,GOD,JEWS,SENT" Lamentations,3,48,"Jeremiah cried because of the destruction of his people, the Jews","BECAUSE,CRIED,DESTRUCTION,HIS,JEREMIAH,JEWS,PEOPLE" Lamentations,3,48,"Jeremiah did not rejoice over the judgments that God poured out upon the Jews, who had persecuted and imprisoned him; instead Jeremiah wept","GOD,HIM,IMPRISONED,INSTEAD,JEREMIAH,JEWS,JUDGMENTS,NOT,PERSECUTED,POURED,REJOICE,WEPT,WHO" Lamentations,3,49,"Jeremiah continually wept because of the judgments that God poured out upon the Jews","BECAUSE,CONTINUALLY,GOD,JEREMIAH,JEWS,JUDGMENTS,POURED,WEPT" Lamentations,3,49,"The desolation and destruction of the Jews caused Jeremiah great pain and sorrow; he did not rejoice over it","CAUSED,DESOLATION,DESTRUCTION,GREAT,HE,JEREMIAH,JEWS,NOT,PAIN,REJOICE,SORROW" Lamentations,3,50,"God is in Heaven","GOD,HEAVEN" Lamentations,3,50,"Jeremiah wanted God to see the destruction of the Jews and put a stop to it","DESTRUCTION,GOD,JEREMIAH,JEWS,PUT,SEE,STOP,WANTED" Lamentations,3,51,"Jeremiah refers to Jerusalem as his city","CITY,HIS,JEREMIAH,JERUSALEM,REFERS" Lamentations,3,51,"Jeremiah was greatly affected by the judgment of the Jews; he wept over it and he longed to see God rescue the Jews and bring them peace again","AFFECTED,AGAIN,BRING,GOD,GREATLY,HE,JEREMIAH,JEWS,JUDGMENT,LONGED,PEACE,RESCUE,SEE,WEPT" Lamentations,3,51,"Jeremiah was in great pain because of the suffering of the Jews","BECAUSE,GREAT,JEREMIAH,JEWS,PAIN,SUFFERING" Lamentations,3,52,"In ancient times, people chased after birds","AFTER,ANCIENT,BIRDS,CHASED,PEOPLE,TIMES" Lamentations,3,52,"Jeremiah compared the way people chased him to the way that people chased after a bird","AFTER,BIRD,CHASED,COMPARED,HIM,JEREMIAH,PEOPLE" Lamentations,3,52,"Jeremiah had enemies","ENEMIES,JEREMIAH" Lamentations,3,52,"Jeremiah was chased by his enemies, even though they had no reason to chase him","CHASE,CHASED,ENEMIES,HIM,HIS,JEREMIAH,NO,REASON" Lamentations,3,52,"Jeremiah was persecuted","JEREMIAH,PERSECUTED" Lamentations,3,52,"Jeremiah's enemies chased him","CHASED,ENEMIES,HIM,JEREMIAH" Lamentations,3,53,"Jeremiah was put in prison, even though he had done nothing wrong","DONE,HE,JEREMIAH,NOTHING,PRISON,PUT,WRONG" Lamentations,3,53,"Jeremiah's enemies cast a stone upon him; (this may be a reference to sealing him in the dungeon)","CAST,DUNGEON,ENEMIES,HIM,JEREMIAH,REFERENCE,SEALING,STONE" Lamentations,3,53,"Jeremiah's enemies cast him into a dungeon","CAST,DUNGEON,ENEMIES,HIM,JEREMIAH" Lamentations,3,53,"Jeremiah's enemies intended to kill him","ENEMIES,HIM,INTENDED,JEREMIAH,KILL" Lamentations,3,53,"There are times when the righteous are unjustly put in prison","PRISON,PUT,RIGHTEOUS,THERE,TIMES,UNJUSTLY,WHEN" Lamentations,3,54,"Jeremiah thought that he was going to die; he thought he would drown","DIE,DROWN,GOING,HE,JEREMIAH,THOUGHT" Lamentations,3,54,"When Jeremiah was put into the dungeon, he started to drown; he sank beneath the water","BENEATH,DROWN,DUNGEON,HE,JEREMIAH,PUT,SANK,STARTED,WATER,WHEN" Lamentations,3,55,"Jeremiah was imprisoned in a low dungeon","DUNGEON,IMPRISONED,JEREMIAH,LOW" Lamentations,3,55,"When Jeremiah was in prison and thought that he was going to die, he called out to the Lord to save him","CALLED,DIE,GOING,HE,HIM,JEREMIAH,LORD,PRISON,SAVE,THOUGHT,WHEN" Lamentations,3,56,"Jeremiah prayed that God would hear his cries, just as God had heard him when he was in the dungeon","CRIES,DUNGEON,GOD,HE,HEAR,HEARD,HIM,HIS,JEREMIAH,JUST,PRAYED,WHEN" Lamentations,3,56,"When Jeremiah cried out to God to save him, the Lord heard his prayer; God saved Jeremiah from drowning in prison","CRIED,DROWNING,GOD,HEARD,HIM,HIS,JEREMIAH,LORD,PRAYER,PRISON,SAVE,SAVED,WHEN" Lamentations,3,57,"God provided comfort to Jeremiah when he was afraid","AFRAID,COMFORT,GOD,HE,JEREMIAH,PROVIDED,WHEN" Lamentations,3,57,"God provided salvation to Jeremiah; He saved him from drowning in the low dungeon","DROWNING,DUNGEON,GOD,HE,HIM,JEREMIAH,LOW,PROVIDED,SALVATION,SAVED" Lamentations,3,57,"God saved Jeremiah when he cried out to the Lord","CRIED,GOD,HE,JEREMIAH,LORD,SAVED,WHEN" Lamentations,3,57,"God told Jeremiah to not be afraid","AFRAID,GOD,JEREMIAH,NOT,TOLD" Lamentations,3,57,"There are times when God comforts His people","COMFORTS,GOD,HIS,PEOPLE,THERE,TIMES,WHEN" Lamentations,3,57,"There are times when God hears our prayers","GOD,HEARS,OUR,PRAYERS,THERE,TIMES,WHEN" Lamentations,3,57,"There are times when God responds to our prayers by drawing near","DRAWING,GOD,NEAR,OUR,PRAYERS,RESPONDS,THERE,TIMES,WHEN" Lamentations,3,57,"There are times when God saves His people from death","DEATH,GOD,HIS,PEOPLE,SAVES,THERE,TIMES,WHEN" Lamentations,3,58,"God saved Jeremiah's life","GOD,JEREMIAH,LIFE,SAVED" Lamentations,3,58,"Jeremiah said that God fought for him; God saw what his soul needed and God provided it","FOUGHT,GOD,HIM,HIS,JEREMIAH,NEEDED,PROVIDED,SAID,SAW,SOUL,WHAT" Lamentations,3,58,"Jeremiah said that God redeemed him","GOD,HIM,JEREMIAH,REDEEMED,SAID" Lamentations,3,59,"God sees it when we are persecuted; He knows when we have been treated unjustly, and are suffering","GOD,HE,KNOWS,PERSECUTED,SEES,SUFFERING,TREATED,UNJUSTLY,WHEN" Lamentations,3,59,"It is good for us to put our case in the hands of God, and pray that He would bring justice upon those who afflict us","AFFLICT,BRING,CASE,GOD,GOOD,HANDS,HE,JUSTICE,OUR,PRAY,PUT,WHO" Lamentations,3,59,"It is not wrong to ask God to judge those who do us wrong","ASK,DO,GOD,JUDGE,NOT,WHO,WRONG" Lamentations,3,59,"Jeremiah knew that God had seen the way that he was unjustly persecuted and imprisoned","GOD,HE,IMPRISONED,JEREMIAH,KNEW,PERSECUTED,SEEN,UNJUSTLY" Lamentations,3,59,"Jeremiah prayed that God would judge his case and provide him justice; Jeremiah prayed that God would judge the wicked who had afflicted him","AFFLICTED,CASE,GOD,HIM,HIS,JEREMIAH,JUDGE,JUSTICE,PRAYED,PROVIDE,WHO,WICKED" Lamentations,3,60,"God had seen all the wicked things that evildoers had done to Jeremiah","ALL,DONE,EVILDOERS,GOD,JEREMIAH,SEEN,THINGS,WICKED" Lamentations,3,60,"God knew all the wicked thoughts that evildoers had thought against Jeremiah","AGAINST,ALL,EVILDOERS,GOD,JEREMIAH,KNEW,THOUGHT,THOUGHTS,WICKED" Lamentations,3,60,"God knows the actions of the wicked","ACTIONS,GOD,KNOWS,WICKED" Lamentations,3,60,"God knows the thoughts of the wicked","GOD,KNOWS,THOUGHTS,WICKED" Lamentations,3,61,"Evildoers had imagined doing evil things to Jeremiah","DOING,EVIL,EVILDOERS,IMAGINED,JEREMIAH,THINGS" Lamentations,3,61,"Evildoers had spoken against Jeremiah","AGAINST,EVILDOERS,JEREMIAH,SPOKEN" Lamentations,3,61,"God had heard all the evil words that evildoers had spoken against Jeremiah","AGAINST,ALL,EVIL,EVILDOERS,GOD,HEARD,JEREMIAH,SPOKEN,WORDS" Lamentations,3,61,"God knew every wicked thing that evildoers had imagined against Jeremiah","AGAINST,EVERY,EVILDOERS,GOD,IMAGINED,JEREMIAH,KNEW,THING,WICKED" Lamentations,3,61,"God knows what the wicked are saying","GOD,KNOWS,SAYING,WHAT,WICKED" Lamentations,3,61,"God knows what the wicked want to do","DO,GOD,KNOWS,WANT,WHAT,WICKED" Lamentations,3,61,"Wicked imaginations are a sin; if the action is evil then the desire to commit that action is also evil, even if that plan is never carried out","ACTION,CARRIED,COMMIT,DESIRE,EVIL,IF,IMAGINATIONS,NEVER,PLAN,SIN,WICKED" Lamentations,3,62,"It is wrong to come up with wicked plans to hurt the righteous","COME,HURT,PLANS,RIGHTEOUS,UP,WICKED,WRONG" Lamentations,3,62,"It is wrong to unjustly speak against the righteous","AGAINST,RIGHTEOUS,SPEAK,UNJUSTLY,WRONG" Lamentations,3,62,"Wicked people came up with plans to hurt Jeremiah and oppose him","HIM,HURT,JEREMIAH,OPPOSE,PEOPLE,PLANS,UP,WICKED" Lamentations,3,62,"Wicked people had risen up against Jeremiah","AGAINST,JEREMIAH,PEOPLE,RISEN,UP,WICKED" Lamentations,3,62,"Wicked people had spoken against Jeremiah","AGAINST,JEREMIAH,PEOPLE,SPOKEN,WICKED" Lamentations,3,63,"Jeremiah prayed that God would look upon the wicked, and see when they sat down and when they rose up; he wanted God to see the evil acts of the wicked and to punish them for what they had done to him","ACTS,DONE,DOWN,EVIL,GOD,HE,HIM,JEREMIAH,LOOK,PRAYED,PUNISH,ROSE,SAT,SEE,UP,WANTED,WHAT,WHEN,WICKED" Lamentations,3,63,"The wicked mocked Jeremiah","JEREMIAH,MOCKED,WICKED" Lamentations,3,64,"It is not wrong for Christians to pray that God would hold the wicked accountable for their actions","ACCOUNTABLE,ACTIONS,CHRISTIANS,GOD,HOLD,NOT,PRAY,WICKED,WRONG" Lamentations,3,64,"It is not wrong for Christians to pray that God would punish those who unjustly persecute us","CHRISTIANS,GOD,NOT,PERSECUTE,PRAY,PUNISH,UNJUSTLY,WHO,WRONG" Lamentations,3,64,"Jeremiah prayed that God would judge the wicked for the things they had done","DONE,GOD,JEREMIAH,JUDGE,PRAYED,THINGS,WICKED" Lamentations,3,64,"Jeremiah prayed that God would punish the evil people who had unjustly persecuted him","EVIL,GOD,HIM,JEREMIAH,PEOPLE,PERSECUTED,PRAYED,PUNISH,UNJUSTLY,WHO" Lamentations,3,65,"It is not wrong to pray that God would curse the wicked","CURSE,GOD,NOT,PRAY,WICKED,WRONG" Lamentations,3,65,"It is not wrong to pray that God would send sorrow upon the wicked","GOD,NOT,PRAY,SEND,SORROW,WICKED,WRONG" Lamentations,3,65,"Jeremiah prayed that God would curse the wicked","CURSE,GOD,JEREMIAH,PRAYED,WICKED" Lamentations,3,65,"Jeremiah prayed that God would send sorrow upon the wicked","GOD,JEREMIAH,PRAYED,SEND,SORROW,WICKED" Lamentations,3,65,"Jeremiah wanted God to punish the wicked for the things they had done, and to bring pain and suffering into their lives","BRING,DONE,GOD,JEREMIAH,LIVES,PAIN,PUNISH,SUFFERING,THINGS,WANTED,WICKED" Lamentations,3,66,"It is not wrong for Christians to pray that God would kill the wicked","CHRISTIANS,GOD,KILL,NOT,PRAY,WICKED,WRONG" Lamentations,3,66,"It is not wrong for Christians to pray that God would pour out His anger upon those who persecute the righteous","ANGER,CHRISTIANS,GOD,HIS,NOT,PERSECUTE,POUR,PRAY,RIGHTEOUS,WHO,WRONG" Lamentations,3,66,"Jeremiah asked God to destroy the wicked","ASKED,DESTROY,GOD,JEREMIAH,WICKED" Lamentations,3,66,"Jeremiah asked God to persecute those who had persecuted him","ASKED,GOD,HIM,JEREMIAH,PERSECUTE,PERSECUTED,WHO" Lamentations,3,66,"Jeremiah asked God to pour out His anger upon the wicked","ANGER,ASKED,GOD,HIS,JEREMIAH,POUR,WICKED" Lamentations,3,66,"Jeremiah asked God to utterly destroy the wicked, and to remove them from this world; Jeremiah wanted God to kill the wicked","ASKED,DESTROY,GOD,JEREMIAH,KILL,REMOVE,WANTED,WICKED,WORLD" Lamentations,3,66,"The heavens belong to the Lord","BELONG,HEAVENS,LORD" Lamentations,4,1,"God did not spare the temple when He judged Jerusalem","GOD,HE,JERUSALEM,JUDGED,NOT,SPARE,TEMPLE,WHEN" Lamentations,4,1,"When God judged Jerusalem, the gold of the temple became dimmed","BECAME,GOD,GOLD,JERUSALEM,JUDGED,TEMPLE,WHEN" Lamentations,4,1,"When God judged Jerusalem, the temple was destroyed","DESTROYED,GOD,JERUSALEM,JUDGED,TEMPLE,WHEN" Lamentations,4,1,"When God judged Jerusalem, the temple was torn apart and its stones were scattered throughout the city","CITY,GOD,JERUSALEM,JUDGED,SCATTERED,STONES,TEMPLE,TORN,WHEN" Lamentations,4,2,"Before the judgment, the Jews were compared to fine gold","BEFORE,COMPARED,FINE,GOLD,JEWS,JUDGMENT" Lamentations,4,2,"Jeremiah compared the Jews to pots who are made by the potter","COMPARED,JEREMIAH,JEWS,MADE,POTS,POTTER,WHO" Lamentations,4,2,"Jeremiah said that the Jews were precious","JEREMIAH,JEWS,PRECIOUS,SAID" Lamentations,4,2,"When God judged Jerusalem, the Jews were no longer highly esteemed; instead of being compared to gold, they were compared to pots made of dirt","BEING,COMPARED,DIRT,ESTEEMED,GOD,GOLD,HIGHLY,INSTEAD,JERUSALEM,JEWS,JUDGED,LONGER,MADE,NO,POTS,WHEN" Lamentations,4,3,"In the days of Jeremiah, ostriches lived in the wilderness","DAYS,JEREMIAH,LIVED,OSTRICHES,WILDERNESS" Lamentations,4,3,"It is cruel for a mother to refuse to take care of her own child","CARE,CHILD,CRUEL,HER,MOTHER,OWN,REFUSE,TAKE" Lamentations,4,3,"Jeremiah said that ostriches are cruel","CRUEL,JEREMIAH,OSTRICHES,SAID" Lamentations,4,3,"Jeremiah said that the Jews had become lower than animals, because even animals nurse their young; Jewish mothers stopped doing that","ANIMALS,BECAUSE,BECOME,DOING,JEREMIAH,JEWISH,JEWS,LOWER,MOTHERS,NURSE,SAID,STOPPED,YOUNG" Lamentations,4,3,"Jeremiah spoke of sea monsters who nursed their young; this appears to be a reference to a real creature, and not something figurative","APPEARS,CREATURE,JEREMIAH,MONSTERS,NOT,NURSED,REAL,REFERENCE,SEA,SOMETHING,SPOKE,WHO,YOUNG" Lamentations,4,3,"Mothers are supposed to take care of their children and provide for them","CARE,CHILDREN,MOTHERS,PROVIDE,SUPPOSED,TAKE" Lamentations,4,3,"When God judged Jerusalem, mothers became cruel","BECAME,CRUEL,GOD,JERUSALEM,JUDGED,MOTHERS,WHEN" Lamentations,4,3,"When God judged Jerusalem, mothers stopped caring about their own infants","CARING,GOD,INFANTS,JERUSALEM,JUDGED,MOTHERS,OWN,STOPPED,WHEN" Lamentations,4,3,"When God judged Jerusalem, mothers stopped nursing their own infants","GOD,INFANTS,JERUSALEM,JUDGED,MOTHERS,NURSING,OWN,STOPPED,WHEN" Lamentations,4,4,"It is an evil thing to feed yourself while letting young children starve to death","CHILDREN,DEATH,EVIL,FEED,LETTING,STARVE,THING,WHILE,YOUNG" Lamentations,4,4,"It is an evil thing to feed yourself while letting your own children starve to death","CHILDREN,DEATH,EVIL,FEED,LETTING,OWN,STARVE,THING,WHILE,YOUR" Lamentations,4,4,"When God judged Jerusalem, infants began starving to death","BEGAN,DEATH,GOD,INFANTS,JERUSALEM,JUDGED,STARVING,WHEN" Lamentations,4,4,"When God judged Jerusalem, mothers became cruel; they let their own children starve to death, and did nothing to help them","BECAME,CHILDREN,CRUEL,DEATH,GOD,HELP,JERUSALEM,JUDGED,LET,MOTHERS,NOTHING,OWN,STARVE,WHEN" Lamentations,4,4,"When God judged Jerusalem, no one had compassion on children; people were unwilling to feed them and instead left them to starve","CHILDREN,COMPASSION,FEED,GOD,INSTEAD,JERUSALEM,JUDGED,LEFT,NO,ONE,PEOPLE,STARVE,UNWILLING,WHEN" Lamentations,4,5,"When God judged Jerusalem He humbled the rich and brought them low","BROUGHT,GOD,HE,HUMBLED,JERUSALEM,JUDGED,LOW,RICH,WHEN" Lamentations,4,5,"When God judged Jerusalem, even the rich were cast into the street","CAST,GOD,JERUSALEM,JUDGED,RICH,STREET,WHEN" Lamentations,4,5,"When God judged Jerusalem, even the rich were cast onto the dunghill","CAST,DUNGHILL,GOD,JERUSALEM,JUDGED,RICH,WHEN" Lamentations,4,5,"When God judged Jerusalem, even the rich were made desolate","DESOLATE,GOD,JERUSALEM,JUDGED,MADE,RICH,WHEN" Lamentations,4,5,"When God judged Jerusalem, the rich did not escape; their wealth did not save them","ESCAPE,GOD,JERUSALEM,JUDGED,NOT,RICH,SAVE,WEALTH,WHEN" Lamentations,4,6,"Sodom was a real city that actually existed","ACTUALLY,CITY,EXISTED,REAL,SODOM" Lamentations,4,6,"The city of Sodom was overthrown in a moment; it was destroyed extremely quickly","CITY,DESTROYED,EXTREMELY,MOMENT,OVERTHROWN,QUICKLY,SODOM" Lamentations,4,6,"The destruction of Sodom was very quick; the destruction of the Jews was very slow, and the pain lasted for a long time","DESTRUCTION,JEWS,LASTED,LONG,PAIN,QUICK,SLOW,SODOM,TIME" Lamentations,4,6,"The destruction of Sodom, as recorded in Genesis, is true history","DESTRUCTION,GENESIS,HISTORY,RECORDED,SODOM,TRUE" Lamentations,4,6,"The judgments that God poured out upon the Jews were because of their sins; God was punishing the Jews for their iniquity","BECAUSE,GOD,INIQUITY,JEWS,JUDGMENTS,POURED,PUNISHING,SINS" Lamentations,4,6,"The punishment that God poured out upon the Jews was worse than the punishment that God poured out upon Sodom","GOD,JEWS,POURED,PUNISHMENT,SODOM,WORSE" Lamentations,4,6,"The reason God destroyed Sodom was to punish it for its sins","DESTROYED,GOD,PUNISH,REASON,SINS,SODOM" Lamentations,4,6,"There are times when God destroys entire cities in order to punish them for their sins; this applies to both Jew and Gentile cities","APPLIES,CITIES,DESTROYS,ENTIRE,GENTILE,GOD,JEW,ORDER,PUNISH,SINS,THERE,TIMES,WHEN" Lamentations,4,7,"Before God judged Jerusalem, the Nazarites were handsome; Jeremiah praises their great beauty","BEAUTY,BEFORE,GOD,GREAT,HANDSOME,JEREMIAH,JERUSALEM,JUDGED,NAZARITES,PRAISES" Lamentations,4,7,"Before God judged Jerusalem, the Nazarites were pure","BEFORE,GOD,JERUSALEM,JUDGED,NAZARITES,PURE" Lamentations,4,7,"Before God judged Jerusalem, there were Nazarites among the Jews","AMONG,BEFORE,GOD,JERUSALEM,JEWS,JUDGED,NAZARITES,THERE" Lamentations,4,8,"After God judged Jerusalem, the Nazarites became impossible to recognize","AFTER,BECAME,GOD,IMPOSSIBLE,JERUSALEM,JUDGED,NAZARITES,RECOGNIZE" Lamentations,4,8,"After God judged Jerusalem, the Nazarites began starving to death","AFTER,BEGAN,DEATH,GOD,JERUSALEM,JUDGED,NAZARITES,STARVING" Lamentations,4,8,"After God judged Jerusalem, the Nazarites lost their beauty","AFTER,BEAUTY,GOD,JERUSALEM,JUDGED,LOST,NAZARITES" Lamentations,4,8,"The Nazarites did not escape the judgment of God; it impacted them as well","ESCAPE,GOD,IMPACTED,JUDGMENT,NAZARITES,NOT" Lamentations,4,9,"After God judged Jerusalem, many people starved to death","AFTER,DEATH,GOD,JERUSALEM,JUDGED,MANY,PEOPLE" Lamentations,4,9,"Jeremiah said that it was better to die of the sword than die of hunger; this is because those who die by the sword die quickly, while those who die of hunger have to suffer for a long time","BECAUSE,BETTER,DIE,HUNGER,JEREMIAH,LONG,QUICKLY,SAID,SUFFER,SWORD,TIME,WHILE,WHO" Lamentations,4,9,"When God judged Jerusalem, many people were killed by the sword","GOD,JERUSALEM,JUDGED,KILLED,MANY,PEOPLE,SWORD,WHEN" Lamentations,4,10,"After God judged Jerusalem, people did not protect and care for their children; instead they murdered and ate them","AFTER,ATE,CARE,CHILDREN,GOD,INSTEAD,JERUSALEM,JUDGED,MURDERED,NOT,PEOPLE,PROTECT" Lamentations,4,10,"After God judged Jerusalem, the people resorted to cannibalism","AFTER,CANNIBALISM,GOD,JERUSALEM,JUDGED,PEOPLE,RESORTED" Lamentations,4,10,"Cannibalism is a very wicked thing","CANNIBALISM,THING,WICKED" Lamentations,4,10,"When mothers became starving they murdered and ate their own children","ATE,BECAME,CHILDREN,MOTHERS,MURDERED,OWN,STARVING,WHEN" Lamentations,4,11,"God accomplished His fury; He did what He set out to do","ACCOMPLISHED,DO,FURY,GOD,HE,HIS,SET,WHAT" Lamentations,4,11,"God poured out His fierce anger upon the Jews","ANGER,FIERCE,GOD,HIS,JEWS,POURED" Lamentations,4,11,"God was the one who kindled a fire in Jerusalem; He was the one who destroyed the city and brought destruction upon it","BROUGHT,CITY,DESTROYED,DESTRUCTION,FIRE,GOD,HE,JERUSALEM,KINDLED,ONE,WHO" Lamentations,4,11,"God's anger against the Jews was fierce","AGAINST,ANGER,FIERCE,GOD,JEWS" Lamentations,4,11,"There are times when God becomes angry with nations","ANGRY,BECOMES,GOD,NATIONS,THERE,TIMES,WHEN" Lamentations,4,11,"There are times when God carries out His wrath against nations","AGAINST,CARRIES,GOD,HIS,NATIONS,THERE,TIMES,WHEN,WRATH" Lamentations,4,11,"There are times when God destroys nations","DESTROYS,GOD,NATIONS,THERE,TIMES,WHEN" Lamentations,4,12,"God turned Jerusalem over to its enemies","ENEMIES,GOD,JERUSALEM,TURNED" Lamentations,4,12,"Jeremiah said that the kings of the world would never have believed that an enemy could conquer Jerusalem","BELIEVED,CONQUER,ENEMY,JEREMIAH,JERUSALEM,KINGS,NEVER,SAID,WORLD" Lamentations,4,12,"Jeremiah said that the people of the world would never have believed that an enemy could conquer Jerusalem","BELIEVED,CONQUER,ENEMY,JEREMIAH,JERUSALEM,NEVER,PEOPLE,SAID,WORLD" Lamentations,4,12,"The reason the enemies of the Jews were able to conquer Jerusalem is because God turned the city over to them","ABLE,BECAUSE,CITY,CONQUER,ENEMIES,GOD,JERUSALEM,JEWS,REASON,TURNED" Lamentations,4,12,"When God judged Jerusalem, the adversary entered into the city","ADVERSARY,CITY,ENTERED,GOD,JERUSALEM,JUDGED,WHEN" Lamentations,4,12,"When God judged Jerusalem, the city was conquered","CITY,CONQUERED,GOD,JERUSALEM,JUDGED,WHEN" Lamentations,4,12,"When God judged Jerusalem, the enemy entered into the city","CITY,ENEMY,ENTERED,GOD,JERUSALEM,JUDGED,WHEN" Lamentations,4,12,"When the enemies of the Jews conquered Jerusalem, the city had gates","CITY,CONQUERED,ENEMIES,GATES,JERUSALEM,JEWS,WHEN" Lamentations,4,13,"God punishes cities and nations that shed the blood of the just","BLOOD,CITIES,GOD,JUST,NATIONS,PUNISHES,SHED" Lamentations,4,13,"It is a very evil thing for the wicked to shed the blood of the just","BLOOD,EVIL,JUST,SHED,THING,WICKED" Lamentations,4,13,"The reason God punished Judah was because of the sins of the priests","BECAUSE,GOD,JUDAH,PRIESTS,PUNISHED,REASON,SINS" Lamentations,4,13,"The reason God punished Judah was because of the sins of the prophets","BECAUSE,GOD,JUDAH,PROPHETS,PUNISHED,REASON,SINS" Lamentations,4,13,"The wicked priests had shed innocent blood","BLOOD,INNOCENT,PRIESTS,SHED,WICKED" Lamentations,4,13,"The wicked prophets had shed innocent blood","BLOOD,INNOCENT,PROPHETS,SHED,WICKED" Lamentations,4,13,"The wickedness of the priests brought destruction upon their nation","BROUGHT,DESTRUCTION,NATION,PRIESTS,WICKEDNESS" Lamentations,4,13,"The wickedness of the prophets brought destruction upon their nation","BROUGHT,DESTRUCTION,NATION,PROPHETS,WICKEDNESS" Lamentations,4,13,"Wicked priests are a danger to the nation, for they can bring down God's judgment","BRING,CAN,DANGER,DOWN,GOD,JUDGMENT,NATION,PRIESTS,WICKED" Lamentations,4,13,"Wicked prophets are a danger to the nation, for they can bring down God's judgment","BRING,CAN,DANGER,DOWN,GOD,JUDGMENT,NATION,PROPHETS,WICKED" Lamentations,4,14,"The wicked prophets and priests had greatly polluted themselves","GREATLY,POLLUTED,PRIESTS,PROPHETS,WICKED" Lamentations,4,14,"The wicked prophets and priests had so much blood on their clothing that no one was willing to touch their garments","BLOOD,CLOTHING,GARMENTS,MUCH,NO,ONE,PRIESTS,PROPHETS,TOUCH,WICKED,WILLING" Lamentations,4,14,"The wicked prophets and priests shed so much innocent blood that their garments were stained with it","BLOOD,GARMENTS,INNOCENT,MUCH,PRIESTS,PROPHETS,SHED,STAINED,WICKED" Lamentations,4,14,"The wicked prophets and priests wandered as blind men in the streets","BLIND,MEN,PRIESTS,PROPHETS,STREETS,WANDERED,WICKED" Lamentations,4,14,"The wicked prophets and priests were literally stained with blood","BLOOD,LITERALLY,PRIESTS,PROPHETS,STAINED,WICKED" Lamentations,4,15,"The wicked prophets and priests fled from Jerusalem","FLED,JERUSALEM,PRIESTS,PROPHETS,WICKED" Lamentations,4,15,"The wicked prophets and priests wandered among the heathen; they left the land of Judah","AMONG,HEATHEN,JUDAH,LAND,LEFT,PRIESTS,PROPHETS,WANDERED,WICKED" Lamentations,4,15,"The wicked prophets and priests were so polluted that they told other people to depart from them, for they were unclean","DEPART,PEOPLE,POLLUTED,PRIESTS,PROPHETS,TOLD,UNCLEAN,WICKED" Lamentations,4,16,"After God's judgment, people no longer respected the elders","AFTER,ELDERS,GOD,JUDGMENT,LONGER,NO,PEOPLE,RESPECTED" Lamentations,4,16,"After God's judgment, people no longer respected the priests","AFTER,GOD,JUDGMENT,LONGER,NO,PEOPLE,PRIESTS,RESPECTED" Lamentations,4,16,"Because of the sins of the elders, God would no longer respect them","BECAUSE,ELDERS,GOD,LONGER,NO,RESPECT,SINS" Lamentations,4,16,"Because of the sins of the priests, God would no longer respect them","BECAUSE,GOD,LONGER,NO,PRIESTS,RESPECT,SINS" Lamentations,4,16,"God refused to overlook the sins of the elders; instead He held them accountable for what they had done","ACCOUNTABLE,DONE,ELDERS,GOD,HE,HELD,INSTEAD,REFUSED,SINS,WHAT" Lamentations,4,16,"God refused to overlook the sins of the priests; instead He held them accountable for what they had done","ACCOUNTABLE,DONE,GOD,HE,HELD,INSTEAD,PRIESTS,REFUSED,SINS,WHAT" Lamentations,4,16,"God was angry with the wicked priests","ANGRY,GOD,PRIESTS,WICKED" Lamentations,4,16,"God was angry with the wicked prophets","ANGRY,GOD,PROPHETS,WICKED" Lamentations,4,16,"The sins of the elders separated them from God","ELDERS,GOD,SEPARATED,SINS" Lamentations,4,16,"The sins of the priests separated them from God","GOD,PRIESTS,SEPARATED,SINS" Lamentations,4,17,"The Jews looked for someone to help them, but they found no one","FOUND,HELP,JEWS,LOOKED,NO,ONE,SOMEONE" Lamentations,4,17,"The Jews watched for a nation to save them, but no nation saved them","JEWS,NATION,NO,SAVE,SAVED,WATCHED" Lamentations,4,18,"Instead of helping the Jews, the nations hunted them","HELPING,HUNTED,INSTEAD,JEWS,NATIONS" Lamentations,4,18,"The end of the Jews was near; the end had come upon them","COME,END,JEWS,NEAR" Lamentations,4,18,"The Jews were afraid to go out into their own streets","AFRAID,GO,JEWS,OWN,STREETS" Lamentations,4,19,"The Jews were persecuted in the wilderness","JEWS,PERSECUTED,WILDERNESS" Lamentations,4,19,"The Jews were persecuted upon the mountains","JEWS,MOUNTAINS,PERSECUTED" Lamentations,4,19,"There was no safe haven for the Jews; they were pursued by a relentless enemy who hunted them no matter where they went","ENEMY,HAVEN,HUNTED,JEWS,MATTER,NO,PURSUED,SAFE,THERE,WENT,WHERE,WHO" Lamentations,4,19,"Those who persecuted the Jews were swifter than eagles","EAGLES,JEWS,PERSECUTED,SWIFTER,WHO" Lamentations,4,20,"The enemies of the Jews hunted them down and killed them","DOWN,ENEMIES,HUNTED,JEWS,KILLED" Lamentations,4,20,"The enemies of the Jews took them and cast them into pits, where they died","CAST,DIED,ENEMIES,JEWS,PITS,TOOK,WHERE" Lamentations,4,20,"The Jews are the anointed of the Lord","ANOINTED,JEWS,LORD" Lamentations,4,20,"The Jews were removed from their land and scattered among the heathen","AMONG,HEATHEN,JEWS,LAND,REMOVED,SCATTERED" Lamentations,4,20,"While the Jews lived among the heathen they were under the shadow of the Lord","AMONG,HEATHEN,JEWS,LIVED,LORD,SHADOW,UNDER,WHILE" Lamentations,4,21,"God punished the Jews for their sins; one day He would punish the Edomites as well","DAY,EDOMITES,GOD,HE,JEWS,ONE,PUNISH,PUNISHED,SINS" Lamentations,4,21,"In the days of Jeremiah, the Edomites lived in the land of Uz","DAYS,EDOMITES,JEREMIAH,LAND,LIVED,UZ" Lamentations,4,21,"It seems that the Edomites played a role in the suffering of the Jews","EDOMITES,JEWS,PLAYED,ROLE,SEEMS,SUFFERING" Lamentations,4,21,"Jeremiah said that the day was coming when the Edomites would suffer the way that the Jews had suffered","COMING,DAY,EDOMITES,JEREMIAH,JEWS,SAID,SUFFER,SUFFERED,WHEN" Lamentations,4,21,"Jeremiah said the day was coming when the Edomites would be drunk and naked; God would send shame and destruction upon them","COMING,DAY,DESTRUCTION,DRUNK,EDOMITES,GOD,JEREMIAH,NAKED,SAID,SEND,SHAME,WHEN" Lamentations,4,22,"Jeremiah spoke of a day when God would punish the Edomites for their sins","DAY,EDOMITES,GOD,JEREMIAH,PUNISH,SINS,SPOKE,WHEN" Lamentations,4,22,"Jeremiah spoke of a day when the suffering of the Jews would be over, and God would no longer send them into captivity","CAPTIVITY,DAY,GOD,JEREMIAH,JEWS,LONGER,NO,SEND,SPOKE,SUFFERING,WHEN" Lamentations,4,22,"The Jews had been punished for their sins","JEWS,PUNISHED,SINS" Lamentations,5,1,"Even though God was the one who punished the Jews for their sins, and had brought pain upon them, Jeremiah still cried out to God and asked Him to remember their suffering","ASKED,BROUGHT,CRIED,GOD,HIM,JEREMIAH,JEWS,ONE,PAIN,PUNISHED,REMEMBER,SINS,SUFFERING,WHO" Lamentations,5,1,"Jeremiah asked the Lord to remember the terrible things that had befallen the Jews","ASKED,BEFALLEN,JEREMIAH,JEWS,LORD,REMEMBER,TERRIBLE,THINGS" Lamentations,5,1,"The Jews were under great reproach","GREAT,JEWS,REPROACH,UNDER" Lamentations,5,2,"God punished the Jews by giving their homes to their enemies","ENEMIES,GIVING,GOD,HOMES,JEWS,PUNISHED" Lamentations,5,2,"God punished the Jews by giving their land to their enemies","ENEMIES,GIVING,GOD,JEWS,LAND,PUNISHED" Lamentations,5,2,"The homes of the Jews had been given to foreigners","FOREIGNERS,GIVEN,HOMES,JEWS" Lamentations,5,2,"The inheritance of the Jews (the promised land) was given to strangers (foreigners)","FOREIGNERS,GIVEN,INHERITANCE,JEWS,LAND,PROMISED,STRANGERS" Lamentations,5,2,"The land of Israel is called the 'inheritance' of the Jews","CALLED,INHERITANCE,ISRAEL,JEWS,LAND" Lamentations,5,3,"In this judgment, children lost their fathers and became orphans","BECAME,CHILDREN,FATHERS,JUDGMENT,LOST,ORPHANS" Lamentations,5,3,"In this judgment, wives lost their husbands and became widows","BECAME,HUSBANDS,JUDGMENT,LOST,WIDOWS,WIVES" Lamentations,5,3,"This judgment impacted children","CHILDREN,IMPACTED,JUDGMENT" Lamentations,5,3,"This judgment impacted wives","IMPACTED,JUDGMENT,WIVES" Lamentations,5,3,"When the Bible refers to orphans, it calls them 'fatherless'; it never refers to an orphan as someone who is 'motherless'; the Bible teaches that children need a father","BIBLE,CALLS,CHILDREN,FATHER,FATHERLESS,NEED,NEVER,ORPHAN,ORPHANS,REFERS,SOMEONE,TEACHES,WHEN,WHO" Lamentations,5,4,"In this judgment, the Jews were charged for their own water","CHARGED,JEWS,JUDGMENT,OWN,WATER" Lamentations,5,4,"In this judgment, the Jews were charged for their own wood","CHARGED,JEWS,JUDGMENT,OWN,WOOD" Lamentations,5,4,"Previously the Jews did not have to pay for water, but after the judgment they did","AFTER,JEWS,JUDGMENT,NOT,PAY,PREVIOUSLY,WATER" Lamentations,5,4,"Previously the Jews did not have to pay for wood, but after the judgment they did","AFTER,JEWS,JUDGMENT,NOT,PAY,PREVIOUSLY,WOOD" Lamentations,5,5,"In this judgment, the Jews were forced to work and were given no rest","FORCED,GIVEN,JEWS,JUDGMENT,NO,REST,WORK" Lamentations,5,5,"In this judgment, the Jews were greatly oppressed","GREATLY,JEWS,JUDGMENT,OPPRESSED" Lamentations,5,5,"In this judgment, the Jews were persecuted","JEWS,JUDGMENT,PERSECUTED" Lamentations,5,6,"After this judgment, the Jews had to start working for other nations in order to have food","AFTER,FOOD,JEWS,JUDGMENT,NATIONS,ORDER,START,WORKING" Lamentations,5,6,"In this judgment, the Jews worked for the Assyrians in order to have bread to eat","ASSYRIANS,BREAD,EAT,JEWS,JUDGMENT,ORDER,WORKED" Lamentations,5,6,"In this judgment, the Jews worked for the Egyptians in order to have bread to eat","BREAD,EAT,EGYPTIANS,JEWS,JUDGMENT,ORDER,WORKED" Lamentations,5,7,"One generation of Jews sinned, and a subsequent generation was punished","GENERATION,JEWS,ONE,PUNISHED,SINNED" Lamentations,5,7,"Sometimes God waits to punish a nation, and does not punish them right away","AWAY,GOD,NATION,NOT,PUNISH,RIGHT,SOMETIMES,WAITS" Lamentations,5,7,"Sometimes God's punishment falls upon a nation after the generation that triggered the judgment was already dead","AFTER,DEAD,FALLS,GENERATION,GOD,JUDGMENT,NATION,PUNISHMENT,SOMETIMES" Lamentations,5,7,"The ancestors of the current generation of Jews had sinned against God","AGAINST,ANCESTORS,GENERATION,GOD,JEWS,SINNED" Lamentations,5,7,"The judgment did not fall upon the generation that sinned; instead it came much later","FALL,GENERATION,INSTEAD,JUDGMENT,MUCH,NOT,SINNED" Lamentations,5,7,"The reason God poured out His wrath upon that generation of Jews was because of the sins of their ancestors","ANCESTORS,BECAUSE,GENERATION,GOD,HIS,JEWS,POURED,REASON,SINS,WRATH" Lamentations,5,8,"In this judgment, no one delivered the Jews from their problems","DELIVERED,JEWS,JUDGMENT,NO,ONE,PROBLEMS" Lamentations,5,8,"In this judgment, servants were ruling over the Jews","JEWS,JUDGMENT,RULING,SERVANTS" Lamentations,5,8,"In this judgment, the Jews lost their national autonomy; they had become the servants of servants","BECOME,JEWS,JUDGMENT,LOST,NATIONAL,SERVANTS" Lamentations,5,8,"It is bad for a nation or people to be ruled over by foreign servants","BAD,FOREIGN,NATION,PEOPLE,RULED,SERVANTS" Lamentations,5,9,"God used the dangers of the wilderness in order to punish the Jews","DANGERS,GOD,JEWS,ORDER,PUNISH,USED,WILDERNESS" Lamentations,5,9,"In this judgment, the Jews had to risk their lives to find food; their lives were no longer safe","FIND,FOOD,JEWS,JUDGMENT,LIVES,LONGER,NO,RISK,SAFE" Lamentations,5,9,"In this judgment, the Jews had to risk their lives to get bread because the wilderness had become exceedingly dangerous (such as perils by wild animals)","ANIMALS,BECAUSE,BECOME,BREAD,DANGEROUS,EXCEEDINGLY,JEWS,JUDGMENT,LIVES,PERILS,RISK,WILD,WILDERNESS" Lamentations,5,9,"The dangers of the wilderness are referred to as a 'sword'","DANGERS,REFERRED,SWORD,WILDERNESS" Lamentations,5,10,"In this judgment, the Jews faced a terrible famine","FACED,FAMINE,JEWS,JUDGMENT,TERRIBLE" Lamentations,5,10,"In this judgment, the skin of the Jews was blackened; this happened because of the terrible famine","BECAUSE,BLACKENED,FAMINE,HAPPENED,JEWS,JUDGMENT,SKIN,TERRIBLE" Lamentations,5,10,"Ovens in ancient times were black","ANCIENT,BLACK,OVENS,TIMES" Lamentations,5,11,"In this judgment, Jewish maids were raped","JEWISH,JUDGMENT,MAIDS,RAPED" Lamentations,5,11,"In this judgment, Jewish women were raped","JEWISH,JUDGMENT,RAPED,WOMEN" Lamentations,5,11,"In this judgment, Jewish women were raped throughout the cities of Judah","CITIES,JEWISH,JUDAH,JUDGMENT,RAPED,WOMEN" Lamentations,5,12,"Elders should be honored","ELDERS,HONORED,SHOULD" Lamentations,5,12,"In this judgment, princes were hanged","HANGED,JUDGMENT,PRINCES" Lamentations,5,12,"In this judgment, the elders were not honored; instead they faced the judgment along with everyone else","ELDERS,EVERYONE,FACED,HONORED,INSTEAD,JUDGMENT,NOT" Lamentations,5,12,"In this judgment, the princes did not escape; instead they were killed","ESCAPE,INSTEAD,JUDGMENT,KILLED,NOT,PRINCES" Lamentations,5,13,"In this judgment, the children did not escape","CHILDREN,ESCAPE,JUDGMENT,NOT" Lamentations,5,13,"In this judgment, the children were taken and forced to carry wood","CARRY,CHILDREN,FORCED,JUDGMENT,TAKEN,WOOD" Lamentations,5,13,"In this judgment, the children were turned into servants","CHILDREN,JUDGMENT,SERVANTS,TURNED" Lamentations,5,13,"In this judgment, the young men did not escape","ESCAPE,JUDGMENT,MEN,NOT,YOUNG" Lamentations,5,13,"In this judgment, the young men were taken and forced to grind (most likely grains)","FORCED,GRIND,JUDGMENT,LIKELY,MEN,TAKEN,YOUNG" Lamentations,5,13,"In this judgment, the young men were turned into servants","JUDGMENT,MEN,SERVANTS,TURNED,YOUNG" Lamentations,5,14,"Before this judgment the elders sat at the city gate","BEFORE,CITY,ELDERS,GATE,JUDGMENT,SAT" Lamentations,5,14,"Before this judgment the young men played music","BEFORE,JUDGMENT,MEN,MUSIC,PLAYED,YOUNG" Lamentations,5,14,"In this judgment the leadership of Judah was removed from power","JUDAH,JUDGMENT,LEADERSHIP,POWER,REMOVED" Lamentations,5,14,"In this judgment, the elders were removed from the city gate","CITY,ELDERS,GATE,JUDGMENT,REMOVED" Lamentations,5,14,"In this judgment, the young men stopped playing music","JUDGMENT,MEN,MUSIC,PLAYING,STOPPED,YOUNG" Lamentations,5,15,"Because the joy of the Jews was taken away, their dancing stopped","AWAY,BECAUSE,DANCING,JEWS,JOY,STOPPED,TAKEN" Lamentations,5,15,"Before this judgment the joy of the Jews led them to dance","BEFORE,DANCE,JEWS,JOY,JUDGMENT,LED" Lamentations,5,15,"Dancing is not a sin; instead it is an expression of joy","DANCING,EXPRESSION,INSTEAD,JOY,NOT,SIN" Lamentations,5,15,"In this judgment, the joy of the Jews was taken away","AWAY,JEWS,JOY,JUDGMENT,TAKEN" Lamentations,5,15,"In this judgment, the joy of the Jews was turned into mourning","JEWS,JOY,JUDGMENT,MOURNING,TURNED" Lamentations,5,16,"In this judgment, the crown was removed from the head of the Jews","CROWN,HEAD,JEWS,JUDGMENT,REMOVED" Lamentations,5,16,"In this judgment, the Jews were filled with woe","FILLED,JEWS,JUDGMENT,WOE" Lamentations,5,16,"In this judgment, the Jews were greatly cast down","CAST,DOWN,GREATLY,JEWS,JUDGMENT" Lamentations,5,16,"Sin leads to a loss of joy","JOY,LEADS,LOSS,SIN" Lamentations,5,16,"Sin leads to judgment","JUDGMENT,LEADS,SIN" Lamentations,5,16,"Sin leads to sorrow","LEADS,SIN,SORROW" Lamentations,5,16,"Sin leads to woe","LEADS,SIN,WOE" Lamentations,5,16,"The reason this judgment fell upon the Jews was because of their sin","BECAUSE,FELL,JEWS,JUDGMENT,REASON,SIN" Lamentations,5,17,"In this judgment, the eyes of the Jews was made dim","DIM,EYES,JEWS,JUDGMENT,MADE" Lamentations,5,17,"In this judgment, the heart of the Jews was made faint","FAINT,HEART,JEWS,JUDGMENT,MADE" Lamentations,5,17,"This judgment had an enormous emotional impact on the Jews","ENORMOUS,IMPACT,JEWS,JUDGMENT" Lamentations,5,17,"This judgment had an enormous physical impact on the Jews","ENORMOUS,IMPACT,JEWS,JUDGMENT,PHYSICAL" Lamentations,5,18,"Before this judgment, the mountain of Zion was not desolate","BEFORE,DESOLATE,JUDGMENT,MOUNTAIN,NOT,ZION" Lamentations,5,18,"In this judgment, the mountain of Zion was made desolate","DESOLATE,JUDGMENT,MADE,MOUNTAIN,ZION" Lamentations,5,18,"Since the mountain of Zion was made desolate, foxes walked upon it","DESOLATE,FOXES,MADE,MOUNTAIN,SINCE,WALKED,ZION" Lamentations,5,19,"God remains forever","FOREVER,GOD,REMAINS" Lamentations,5,19,"God will never disappear or cease to exist; He will always exist","ALWAYS,CEASE,DISAPPEAR,EXIST,GOD,HE,NEVER" Lamentations,5,19,"God's throne exists from one generation to the next","EXISTS,GENERATION,GOD,NEXT,ONE,THRONE" Lamentations,5,19,"The throne of God will never be cast down or destroyed; it will always exist","ALWAYS,CAST,DESTROYED,DOWN,EXIST,GOD,NEVER,THRONE" Lamentations,5,20,"Jeremiah was upset that God had seemingly forgotten the Jews and had forsaken them","FORGOTTEN,FORSAKEN,GOD,JEREMIAH,JEWS,UPSET" Lamentations,5,21,"Jeremiah prayed that God would turn back to the Jews and renew them, and save them from their troubles","BACK,GOD,JEREMIAH,JEWS,PRAYED,RENEW,SAVE,TROUBLES,TURN" Lamentations,5,22,"In this judgment, God rejected the Jews","GOD,JEWS,JUDGMENT,REJECTED" Lamentations,5,22,"In this judgment, God was very angry with the Jews","ANGRY,GOD,JEWS,JUDGMENT"