Daily Devo

Lamentations: Day 5 We continue to see the sad condition of Judah and its people. They are worse than slaves. The people have been ravished and abused. They are joyless. They even have to buy their own firewood (4)! Worse…

Lamentations: Day 4 Jeremiah in this chapter describes the suffering of the people of Judah in agonizing detail. The gold in the temple has been defiled by the Babylonians (see also Jeremiah 52:17-19). The “sons of Zion” are now considered…

Lamentations: Day 3 While Chapters 1 and 2 lament the state of Jerusalem and Judah, Chapter 3 gets personal. Jeremiah pours out his emotions before God, describing his afflictions and grieving about his condition. Nothing is working, it seems. In…

Lamentations: Day 2 A prophet of doom cannot be a happy man. Jeremiah’s life-long mission was to deliver bad news to the nation of Judah. Hence, Jeremiah was wrapped up in the knowledge of God’s destruction of his homeland. As…