Israel
was the nation that God chose to show His Glory through.
However,
when she turned against Him,
God
warned her through His Prophets and when she would not listen,
He
brought terrible punishment upon her. Listen:
How
deserted lies the city, once so full of people!
How
like a widow is she, who once was great among the nations!
She
who was queen among the provinces has now become a slave.
Bitterly
she weeps at night, tears are upon her cheeks.
Among
all her lovers there is none to comfort her.
All
her friends have betrayed her; they have become her enemies.
After
affliction and harsh labor, Judah has gone into exile.
She
dwells among the nations; she finds no resting place.
All
who pursue her have overtaken her in the didst of her distress.
The
roads to Zion mourn, for no one comes to her appointed feasts.
All
her gateways are desolate, her priest groan, her maidens grieve,
And
she is in bitter anguish.
Her
foes have become her masters; her enemies are at ease.
The
Lord has brought her grief because of her many sins.
Her
children have gone into exile, captive before the foe.
All
the splendor has departed from the Daughter of Zion.
Her
princes are like deer that find no pasture;
In
weakness they have fled before the pursuer.
In
the days of her affliction and wandering
Jerusalem
remembers all the treasures that were hers in days of old.
When
her people fell into enemy hands, there was no one to help her
And
laughed at her destruction.
Jerusalem
has sinned greatly and so has become unclean.
All
who honored her despise her, for they have seen her nakedness;
She
herself groans and turns away.
Her
filthiness clung to her skirts; she did not consider her future.
Her
fall was astounding; there was none to comfort her.
'Look,
O Lord, on my affliction, for the enemy has triumphed.'
The
enemy has laid hands on all her treasures;
She
saw pagan nations enter her sanctuary--
Those
You had forbidden to enter Your assembly.
All
her people groan as they search for bread;
The
barter their treasures for food to keep themselves alive.
'Look,
O Lord, and consider, for I am despised.'
'Is
it nothing to you, all you who pass by? Look around and see.
Is
any suffering like my suffering that was inflicted on me,
That
the Lord brought on me in the day of His fierce anger?
From
on high He sent fire, sent it down into my bones.
He
spread a net for my feet and turned me back.
He
made me desolate, faint all the day long.
My
sins have been bound into a yoke;
By
His hands they were woven together.
They
have come upon my neck and the Lord has sapped my strength.
He
has handed me over to those I cannot withstand.
The
Lord has rejected all the warriors in my midst;
He
has summoned an army against me to crush my young men.
In
His winepress the Lord has trampled the Virgin Daughter Of Judah.
'This
is why I weep and my eyes overflow with tears.
No
one is near to comfort me, no one to restore my spirit.
My
children are destitute because the enemy has prevailed.'
Zion
stretches out her hands, but there is no one to comfort her.
The
Lord has decreed for Jacob that his neighbors become his foes;
Jerusalem
has become an unclean thing among them.
The
Lord is righteous, yet I rebelled against His command.
Listen,
all you peoples; look upon my suffering.
My
young men and maidens have gone into exile.
'I
called my allies but they betrayed me.
My
priests and my elders perished in the city
While
they searched for food to keep themselves alive.
See,
O Lord, how distressed I am!
I
am in torment within, and in my heart I am disturbed,
For
I have been most rebellious.
Outside,
the sword bereaves; inside, there is only death.'
'People
have heard my groaning, but there is no one to comfort me.
All
my enemies have heard of my distress;
They
rejoice at what You have done.
May
You bring the day You have announced
So
they may become like me.
Let
all their wickedness come before You;
Deal
with them as You have dealt with me because of all my sins.
My
groans are many and my heart is faint.' (Lamentations 1)
Will
arrogant, sinful, godless, wicked America
Escape
the judgment of God Almighty? No she will not!
Nor
will any of the nations of the world.
They
will all be brought to NOTHING because of their sin against God,
Just
as was Israel in the day of Jeremiah.
They
could REPENT and God would forgive them
But
they have all hardened their hearts against Him.
They
are all deceived, blinded by the “god “ of this age, Satan.
I
pray that many people will awaken,
Especially those who
claim His Name,
And
understand what is happening in the world today;
Understand
that God is the same yesterday, today and FOREVER;
That
they will turn to God and His Christ Jesus
With
all their heart, soul, mind and strength, and be SAVED!
Today,
the world is raging against God, rushing toward oblivion. (Psalm 2)
America
is being ground to powder because of her SIN against God.
Save
yourself from this Corrupt Generation! (Acts 2:40)
As
God has written, so shall it be! Hallelujah! Maranatha!
Father,
Your Kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as in Heaven!
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