I am using the daily Bible reading schedule from “The Bible.net” for my daily Bible reading.

Today, I am reading and commenting on Lamentations 1-2.

Lamentations is difficult for me.  Instead of warning people to change their ways to avoid God’s judgement it expresses the sorrow of those who have experienced that judgement.  Of course, that is somewhat the point of this book, sin will eventually lead us to a place where our suffering will be intense.   Additionally, there is a secondary point, or perhaps it is the main point and the previous is the secondary one.  If God destroyed Jerusalem and the Temple, and devastated the people of Israel, what will He do to us if we do not listen to His commands?