Sermons on Lamentations

Lamentations orders grief alphabetically for four chapters, then the pattern breaks. The devastated survivors still ask God to turn them back to Himself.

Judah's king ran from the city he was meant to protect. Jesus refused to run from the cross, taking the lowest place to rescue His people.

Jeremiah writes raw grief after Jerusalem burns, insisting God's justice was deserved yet His mercy never actually stops.

Jerusalem's survivors pour out tears beneath God's just anger. Jesus bore sin's judgement so honest complaints can reach a tender Father in lament.

Ruined Jerusalem cries for God to see her lonely pain and admits her guilt, while Jesus bears judgement to make His people beautiful again.

Hope rises amid Jerusalem’s ruins because God’s love, compassion and faithfulness remain firm, giving sufferers reason to wait on Him for salvation.