Cookie & Bean: “How deserted lies the city, once so full of people! How like a widow is she, who once was great among the nations! She who was #queen among the provinces has now become a #slave . Bitterly she weeps at night, #tears are on her cheeks. Among all her #lovers there is no one to comfort her. All her #friends have #betrayed her; they have become her enemies. After affliction and harsh labor, Judah has gone into exile. She dwells among the nations; she finds no resting place. All who pursue her have overtaken her in the midst of her distress. The roads to #Zion mourn, for no one comes to her appointed festivals. All her gateways are desolate, her #priests groan, her #young #women grieve, and she is in bitter anguish. Her foes have become her masters; her enemies are at ease. The #Lord has brought her grief because of her many sins. Her children have gone into exile, captive before the foe. All the splendor has departed from Daughter Zion. Her #princes are like deer that find no pasture; in #weakness they have fled before the pursuer. In the days of her affliction and wandering #Jerusalem remembers all the #treasures that were hers in days of old. When her people fell into #enemy hands, there was no one to help her. Her enemies looked at her and laughed at her destruction. Jerusalem has #sinned greatly and so has become unclean. All who #honored her despise her, for they have all seen her #naked ; she herself groans and turns away. Her filthiness clung to her skirts; she did not consider her future. Her fall was astounding; there was none to comfort her. “Look, Lord, on my affliction, for the enemy has triumphed.” The enemy laid hands on all her treasures; she saw #pagan nations enter her sanctuary— those you had forbidden to enter your assembly.” ‭‭#Lamentations‬ ‭1:1-10‬ ‭#NIV‬‬ http://ift.tt/2bJMjB0 #booksofthebible #biblejournaling #bible #bibleverses #biblestudy #bibles #biblequotes