God Centered Bible Study – The Day Of God’s Burning Anger – Lamentations 1:10-15

Yodh
¹⁰ The adversary has stretched out his hand
Over all her desirable things,
For she has seen the nations enter her sanctuary,
The ones whom You commanded
That they should not enter into Your assembly.

Kaph
¹¹ All her people are sighing, seeking bread;
They have given their desirable things for food
To restore their souls.
“See, O Yahweh, and look,
For I am despised.”

Lamedh
¹² “Is it nothing to all you who pass this way?
Look and see if there is any pain like my pain
Which was dealt severely to me,
Which Yahweh grieved me with on the day of His burning anger.

Mem
¹³ From on high He sent fire into my bones,
And it dominated them.
He has spread a net for my feet;
He has turned me back;
He has made me desolate,
Faint all day long.

Nun
¹⁴ The yoke of my transgressions is bound;
By His hand they are knit together.
They have come upon my neck;
He has made my strength stumble.
The Lord has given me into the hands
Of those against whom I am not able to stand.

Samekh
¹⁵ The Lord has rejected all my mighty men
In my midst;
He has called an appointed time against me
To break my young men;
The Lord has trodden as in a wine press
The virgin daughter of Judah.