Author Archives: Jefferson Vann
sit down and shut up
sit down and shut up Lamentations 3:27-29 (JDV) Lamentations 3:27 It is good for a man to bear the yoke while he is still young. Lamentations 3:28 Let him sit alone and be silent, because God has disciplined him. Lamentations … Continue reading
wait quietly for rescue
wait quietly for rescue Lamentations 3:24-26 (JDV) Lamentations 3:24 I say, “Yahveh is my portion, therefore I will put my hope in him.” Lamentations 3:25 Yahveh is good to those who wait for him, to the person who seeks him. … Continue reading
counteracting the poison
counteracting the poison Lamentations 3:19-23 (JDV) Lamentations 3:19 Remember my misery and my homelessness, the wormwood and the poison. Lamentations 3:20 I continually remember them and have become depressed. Lamentations 3:21 Yet I call this to mind, and therefore I … Continue reading
the bitter can be blessed
the bitter can be blessed Lamentations 3:10-18 (JDV) Lamentations 3:10 He is a bear waiting in ambush, a lion in hiding. Lamentations 3:11 He forced me off my way and tore me to pieces; he left me desolate. Lamentations 3:12 … Continue reading
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waiting on the dawn
waiting on the dawn Lamentations 3:1-9 (JDV) Lamentations 3:1 I am the man who has seen misery under the rod of God’s wrath.Lamentations 3:2 He has driven me away and forced me to walk in darkness instead of light. Lamentations … Continue reading
cry out in the night
cry out in the night Lamentations 2:17-22 (JDV) Lamentations 2:17 Yahveh has done what he planned; he has accomplished his decree, which he ordained in days of old. He has demolished without compassion, letting the enemy gloat over you and … Continue reading
life wasted on hating
life wasted on hating Lamentations 2:15-16 (JDV) Lamentations 2:15 All who pass by scornfully clap their hands at you. They hiss and shake their heads at Daughter Jerusalem: Is this the city that was called the perfection of beauty, the … Continue reading
empty and misleading
empty and misleading Lamentations 2:13-14 (JDV) Lamentations 2:13 What can I say on your behalf? What can I compare you to, Daughter Jerusalem? What can I liken you to, so that I may console you, Virgin Daughter Zion? For your … Continue reading
churning within
churning within Lamentations 2:11-12 (JDV) Lamentations 2:11 My eyes are worn out from weeping; I am churning within. My heart is poured out in grief because of the destruction of my dear people, because infants and nursing babies pass out … Continue reading
what crisis does
what crisis does Lamentations 2:8-10 (JDV) Lamentations 2:8 Yahveh determined to destroy the wall of Daughter Zion. He stretched out a measuring line and did not restrain himself from destroying. He made the ramparts and walls grieve; together they waste … Continue reading
