MISERY FROM A - Z

Jeremiah used the 22 Hebrew letters to shape the first four chapters but not the 5th chapter. It compares to using our alphabet from A-Z to express the extent of his misery.

MISERY FROM A to Z

(Based on Lamentations)

Jeremiah, the weeping prophet,

Had reason to be melancholy;

He foretold Jerusalem’s demise,

A result of the people’s folly.

He warned and warned the people,

Though to them he was an outcast.

Mistreated, despised and rejected,

Before the Lord he stood fast.

His warnings lasted for 40 years,

But now it was too late.

The Babylonians conquered them;

Jerusalem had met its fate.

God’s remnant became rebellious,

And their sins God needed to purge,

So the prophet Jeremiah wrote five laments,

As for a funeral dirge.

He wrote of their suffering from A to Z,

For themselves and their ruined city.

Though they had behaved very wickedly,

He still had sorrow and pity.

Seventy years in captivity,

For the covenant they did not keep.

The city would rise and fall again,

But this time Jesus would weep.