Put on sackcloth, you priests and mourn; wail, you who minister in before the altar. Come, spend the night in sackcloth, you who minister before my God; for the grain offerings and the drink offerings are withheld from the house of God. Alas for that day! For the day of the LORD is near; it... Continue Reading →
Ezekiel 28:11-12 What You Were
The word of the LORD came to me: "Son of man, take up a lament concerning the king of Tyre and say to him: 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: " 'You were the seal of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.' " Ezekiel 28:11-12 God is asking Ezekiel to weep over... Continue Reading →
Jeremiah 50:11-12 Wrong Time To Rejoice
Because you rejoice and are glad, you who pillage my inheritance, because you frolic like a heifer threshing grain and neigh like stallions, your mother will be greatly ashamed; she who gave you birth will be disgraced. She will be the least of the nations--a wilderness, a dry land, a desert. Jeremiah 50:11-12 God had... Continue Reading →
Jeremiah 9:1 Weeping For The Slain
Oh, that my head were a spring of water and my eyes a fountain of tears! I would weep day and night for the slain of my people. Jeremiah 9:1 As the nation of Israel was being thrust into captivity, God was weeping. He was weeping over all those who were slain, even though they... Continue Reading →
Isaiah 22:12-13 Weeping Instead Of Rejoicing
The Lord, the LORD Almighty, called you on that day to weep and to wail, to tear out your hair and put on sackcloth. But see, there is joy and revelry, slaughtering of cattle and killing of sheep, eating of meat and drinking of wine! "Let us eat and drink," you say, "for tomorrow we... Continue Reading →
