October 27, 2026, Lamentations 4:1-8

October 27, 2026, Lamentations 4:1-8

The Holy Stones Lie Scattered

4 How the gold has grown dim,
    how the pure gold is changed!
The holy stones lie scattered
    at the head of every street.

² The precious sons of Zion,
    worth their weight in fine gold,
how they are regarded as earthen pots,
    the work of a potter's hands!

³ Even jackals offer the breast;
    they nurse their young;
but the daughter of my people has become cruel,
    like the ostriches in the wilderness.

⁴ The tongue of the nursing infant sticks
    to the roof of its mouth for thirst;
the children beg for food,
    but no one gives to them.

⁵ Those who once feasted on delicacies
    perish in the streets;
those who were brought up in purple
    embrace ash heaps.

⁶ For the chastisement^[a] of the daughter of my people has been greater
    than the punishment^[b] of Sodom,
which was overthrown in a moment,
    and no hands were wrung for her.^[c]

⁷ Her princes were purer than snow,
    whiter than milk;
their bodies were more ruddy than coral,
    the beauty of their form^[d] was like sapphire.^[e]

⁸ Now their face is blacker than soot;
    they are not recognized in the streets;
their skin has shriveled on their bones;
    it has become as dry as wood.

 

How are your nation and people worse than Sodom? Can God still save your nation?

Debbie Walker