THE BIBLE - Verse by Verse (Lamentations Chapter 1 to 5)

[Pastor Gary]

Lamentations 3:37 (NLT) - 37 Who can command things to happen without the Lord’s permission?

 

[Pastor Gary]

Lamentations 3:38 (NLT) - 38 Does not the Most High send both calamity and good?

 

[Pastor Gary]

Lamentations 3:39 (NLT) - 39 Then why should we, mere humans, complain when we are punished for our sins?

 

[Pastor Gary]

Lamentations 3:40 (NLT) - 40 Instead, let us test and examine our ways. Let us turn back to the Lord.

 

[Cosia]

Lamentations 3:41
Let us lift our hearts and hands
to God in heaven and say,

 

[Cosia]

Lamentations 3:42 (NLT)
"We have sinned and rebelled,
and you have not forgiven us.

 

[Cosia]

Lamentations 3:43 (NLT)
"You have engulfed us with your anger,
Chased us down,
and slaughtered us without mercy.

 

[Cosia]

Lamentations 3:44 (NLT)
You have hidden yourself in a cloud
so our prayers cannot reach you.

 

[Cosia]

Lamentations 3:45 (NLT)
You have discarded us as refuse and garbage
among the nations.

 

[Cosia]

Lamentations 3:46 (NLT)
All our enemies
have spoken out against us.

 

[Cosia]

Lamentations 3:47 (NLT)
We are filled with fear,
for we are trapped, devastated, and ruined."

 

[Cosia]

Lamentations 3:48 (NLT)
Tears stream from my eyes
because of the destruction of my people!

 

[Cosia]

Lamentations 3:49 (NLT)
My tears flow endlessly;
they will not stop

 

[Cosia]

Lamentations 3:50 (NLT)
until the LORD looks down
from heaven and sees.

 

[Pastor Gary]

Lamentations 3:51-52 (NLT) -
51 My heart is breaking over the fate of all the women of Jerusalem.
52 My enemies, whom I have never harmed, hunted me down like a bird.

 

[Pastor Gary]

Lamentations 3:53-54 (NLT) -
53 They threw me into a pit and dropped stones on me.
54 The water rose over my head, and I cried out, “This is the end!”

 

[Pastor Gary]

Lamentations 3:55-56 (NLT) -
55 But I called on your name, Lord, from deep within the pit.
54 You heard me when I cried, “Listen to my pleading! Hear my cry for help!”

 

[Pastor Gary]

Lamentations 3:57-58 (NLT) -
57 Yes, you came when I called; you told me, “Do not fear.”
58 Lord, you are my lawyer! Plead my case! For you have redeemed my life.

 

[Pastor Gary]

Lamentations 3:59-60 (NLT) -
59 You have seen the wrong they have done to me, Lord. Be my judge, and prove me right.
60 You have seen the vengeful plots my enemies have laid against me.

 

[Pastor Gary]

Lamentations 3:61 (NLT) - 61 Lord, you have heard the vile names they call me. You know all about the plans they have made.