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Daily Bible Reading–March 2021 God's Word of Prayer

Lamentations 1:7-8

In her days of wandering and affliction,
Jerusalem still remembers
all her precious treasures
that were hers from days gone by.
When the enemies defeated her people,
there was no one to help her.
Her conquerors looked on,
jeering and cheering at her downfall.

Jerusalem has committed a horrible sin
and has become an object of scorn.
All who once honored her now despise her,
for they have seen her nakedness.
Shunned, she groans aloud
and turns to hide her face in shame.