Tag: Lamentations
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LAMENTATIONS 5
Give Us a Fresh Start 1-22“Remember, God, all we’ve been through. Study our plight, the black mark we’ve made in history. Our precious land has been given to outsiders, our homes to strangers.Orphans we are, not a father in sight, and our mothers no better than widows. We have to pay to drink our won…
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LAMENTATIONS 4
Waking Up with Nothing 1Oh, oh, oh… How gold is treated like dirt, the finest gold thrown out with the garbage, Priceless jewels scattered all over, jewels loose in the gutters. 2And the people of Zion, once prized, far surpassing their weight in gold, Are now treated like cheap pottery, like everyday pots and bowls…
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LAMENTATION 3
God Locked Me Up in Deep Darkness 1-3I’m the man who has seen trouble, trouble coming from the lash of God’s anger. He took me the hand and walked me into pitch-black darkness. Yes, he’s given me the back of his hand over and over and over again. 4-6 He turned me into a skeleton…
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LAMENTATIONS 2
God Walked Away from His Holy Temple 1Oh, oh, oh…How the Master has cut down Daughter Zion from the skies, dashed Israel’s glorious city to earth, in his anger treated his favorite as throwaway junk. 2The Master, without a second thought, took Israel in one gulp. Raging, he smashed Judah’s defenses, ground her king and…
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LAMENTATIONS 1
Worthless, Cheap, Abject! 1Oh, oh, oh…How empty the city, once teeming with people. A widow, this city, once in the front rank of nations, once queen of the ball, she’s now a drudge in the kitchen. 2She cries herself to sleep each night, tears soaking her pillow. No one’s left among her lovers to sit…