Lamentations 1:13-15
EasyEnglish Bible
13 It is like God has sent fire down into our bones to hurt us.
He wants us to turn towards him again,
so he has caused things to be very difficult for us.
All day he causes us to feel lonely and weak.
14 He has caused our sins to seem like something very heavy that lies on our necks.
It makes us weak.
He has let the enemy be very strong.
He let them win against us.
So we cannot beat them.
15 The Lord has let the enemy beat all our strong men.
He brought a big army to fight our young men, and the enemy won that fight.
The Lord God has punished us, like people walk on grapes to break them.[a]
He has let the enemy destroy the people of Judah.
Footnotes
- 1:15 People walk on grapes to make wine. This means that the Lord caused trouble and pain for the people. He was punishing them. But he also did it to teach them. He wanted them to change.
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