Tag: lamentations

  • Reflections: Jerusalem – a city of sacrifice

    [ Lament over Jerusalem ] “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you were not willing! – words of Christ Jesus – Mathew 23:37 The Temple of…

  • In God We Trusted – 5

    The political ‘spin’ has been spun. The gradual fall is begun. How? lament the People… Why? In God we trusted. “Lamentations” was derived from a translation of the title as found in the Latin Vulgate (Vg.) translation of the Greek OT, the Septuagint (LXX), and conveys the idea of “loud cries.” The Hebrew exclamation ekah…

  • In God We Trusted – 3

    Disclaimer & claim: WE the PEOPLE of the LORD trust God.  Nations rise and nations will fall.  The Prophet Jeremiah had warned Judah of their impending fall. By now you must see the present application of Lamentations 3. The warnings of the Prophets also speak to our nations. We the people of the US have…