LAMENTATIONS

Sin.....

It has separated a once proficient nation from all its splendor

And thrown them below, and all they can do is groan.

Immorality consumed them and caused such frailty,

Oh how the mighty have fallen and are stricken with infirmities.

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No one would have thought,

That the looters would someday become the ones being looted.

Rebellion, recklessness, and their egotistic behavior caused this.

Their cup of sin has filled to the brim.

The destruction from the cup overflows upon them and hope seems dim.

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They cry out to their so-called allies, but they all turned their backs, leaving them to suffer.

The intensity of their cry has been subdued, and things flutter.

Gross darkness has encompassed them,

And the light that once shone upon them has faded.

Their cries for help are silenced by the darkness they once welcomed.

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Their lackadaisical attitude has called upon the wrath of God.

He has struck them with His fierce anger;

He has turned against them as they had turned against Him.

But they couldn't handle it.

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Your prophets were blind to your sin and couldn't warn you about your ways.

Oh, how sin has blinded your eyes.

The nation once called the joy of all the earth is now likened to a graveyard.

Wailing and mourning are the order of the day.

How could we not have been aware beforehand of this great fail.

Your prophets couldn't warn you of this;

They gave you false hope that your ways were right until you were consumed Into bits.

Left and right, corpses fill the streets, And they are buried in pits.

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Their evil ways have finally caught up with them.

It took a long while; they had so many chances to amend,

But they didn't.,

Because the ways of the devil had long become their blueprint.

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In the day of the Lord's anger, who can escape?

Who can save you from it?

The people of Jerusalem have seen it in full manifestation.

They will never forget it in a hurry, and among generations to come, it will be mentioned.

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They converse among themselves as a nation, Saying, "Why did we get carried away from the One whose power cannot be measured?

We will go back to the source.

We will cry and lift our hands to the One who will save us.

We have acknowledged our ways, and we are ready to make amends.

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Our tears flow down and are never-ending.

The mercy of the Lord is like an ever-flowing stream.

He is good to those who depend on Him.

The Lord is our inheritance.

He guards the hearts of those that seek Him.

We will wait in silence, for faith to redeem.

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No one is abandoned by the Lord forever.

He punishes but also exalts afterward,

Because He finds no pleasure in hurting His own masterwork.

Now they sing to the One whose steadfast love never ceases,

Whose mercies never end, and in Him, there is peace.

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Return back to God, ye people of Jerusalem, and all whom have pledged allegiance to follow.

Avert the impending doom lurking in the shadows.

Hold fast to the Most High and forget not His salvation,

Because He takes away lamentations

And replaces them with hymns.

Oh, ye believers, hold fast to Him.