The book was discussed in the context of the suffering of the people of Jerusalem at the hands of the Babylonians. Some passages were quite harrowing and illustrated the depravity caused by the suffering.
Lamentations 4 and 5, the conclusion of basically of Lamentations as Jeremiah observes the pain and the suffering of the people of Jerusalem as he walks through the city under siege.
— Episode: Day 256: Hard Seasons (2022)
Episode: Day 256: Hard Seasons (2022)
The book was discussed in the context of the suffering of the people of Jerusalem at the hands of the Babylonians. Some passages were quite harrowing and illustrated the depravity caused by the suffering.
Lamentations 4 and 5, the conclusion of basically of Lamentations as Jeremiah observes the pain and the suffering of the people of Jerusalem as he walks through the city under siege.
if you want proof about how bad babylon was well we got to the conclusion of the book of lamentations chapters four and five and i mean gosh i think you imagine the ways in which this description in chapter four it's here's one chapter four verse four the tongue of the infant clings to the roof of its mouth for thirst the children beg for food but no one gives to them and this is just horrible and goes on to talk about those who used to be wealthy they're they've fallen people used to be important they are not recognized because of the reality that everyone in jerusalem is in the midst of suffering and this is what suffering does to us
it goes on even even changes hearts i mean suffering has the ability to reform us right suffering has the ability to purify us and and make us better but also has the ability to reveal the darkness the brokenness of our own hearts in chapter 4 verse 10 it's one of the worst verses that you could really come across in the entire bible in chapter 4 of lamentations verse 10 it says the hands of compassionate women have boiled their own children they became their food in the destruction of the daughter of my people
that even good women here's good people the hands of compassionate women have boiled their own children in fact i think it's the the historian josephus who writes about this not only here in lamentations the siege of jerusalem by the babylonians but but later on um the siege of jerusalem by the romans that something similar happened there this this way in which again sometimes suffering sometimes desperation can lead us to do things we never would imagine we'd ever possibly do
that's one of the reasons why we continue to pray not only for strength but also that we might be spared that we might be spared those kinds of times those kinds of seasons that kind of age where we realize that okay god i have the potential to do the unimaginable so please spare me spare me from that not because that means i'm stronger but because i don't ever ever want to do something so horrible
Episode: Introduction to the Exile (with Jeff Cavins) - 202...
It was mentioned as a book that expressed sadness over the people being away from the temple and Jerusalem during the exile, highlighting their loss.
But here's a sad thing. Some of the people in exile kind of liked it.
while they were far away from the temple and the writer of Lamentations is lamenting that they're not around the temple anymore, lamenting that they're not in Jerusalem anymore.
