"Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities."
The chapter header says "Jeremiah recites in prayer the sorrowful condition of Zion". It just made me cry for them. How hard must it be to know you did all you could to warn the people to repent and now you witness their destruction. Not only that but you must suffer too. The righteous do not escape the wrath of God as it falls upon the people. The only promise is he will not leaved them comfortless. This chapter doesn't speak of Jeremiah's comfort, but I know he had it for he still had hope.
"Turn thou us unto thee, O Lord, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old."
(Lamentations 5:21)
Day 1377
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