RTW 2024

Jerusalem, once so full of people,
is now deserted.
She who was once great among the nations
now sits alone like a widow.
Once the queen of all the earth,
she is now a slave.

Lamentations 1:1

The faithful love of the LORD never ends!
His mercies never cease.
Great is his faithfulness;
his mercies begin afresh each morning.
Lamentations 3:22-23

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• Jeremiah watches all of his prophecies as they are fulfilled. 
• Prophet after prophet had proclaimed a message of repentance. 
• Israel continued in its unfaithfulness. 
• Israel’s unfaithfulness to the covenant has brought judgment. 
• Israel has fallen to Babylon. 
• Lamentations is Jeremiah’s lament over the city. 
• The book is a book of Hebrew poetry. 
• It is an acrostic. 
• Jeremiah grieves as the once beautiful and prosperous city is leveled and destroyed. 
• Jeremiah laments over what is happening. 
• Jeremiah laments over what should have been. 
• But Jeremiah still has hope. 
• Israel was unfaithful. 
• God is faithful. 
• Jerusalem is destroyed. 
• God’s mercies are new every morning. 
• The consequences for sin are grievous. 
• God’s Rescue Plan is still at work. 
• There is still hope. 
• His name is Jesus. 

Always remember…we have hope!