Wednesday, December 1, 2021
Reading for December 9th
Read Lamentation 4.1-10.
In 4.1-10: Jerusalem's changed fortunes.
The poet portrays a world upside down, where all that is normal has vanished.
In verses 2-4: Children, once treasured, are as fragile as clay pots, a nd scare food is not given to them.
Ostriches have the reputation of neglecting their young (Job 39.13-18).
In verses 5-8: Purple, due to the costliness of its dye, was worn by royalty.
The once privilaged class now starves.
In verse 6: Sodom: See Gen 19.24-25.
In verse 7: Quick death will be better than the slow torture.
In verse 8: Black skin is a discription of famine (5.10; Job 30.30).
In verse 10: In a dramatic reversal, once compassionate mothers eat rather then feed their young.
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