Lamentations 1:13-18 -- How did this happen from A to Z
13 “From on high he sent fire, sent it down into my bones. He spread a net for my feet and turned me back. He made me desolate, faint all the day long.
We used to think it was a conspiracy theory to say the Military had weapons to influence the weather, but now we know it is true. One thing in particular is a ray gun that can start forest fires. Wouldn’t it be amazing if the floods in China and the fires in America were “sent from on high”? Meanwhile the US is a place where a net is spread for your feet all day long. Cancel culture and a litigious society looking to sue someone has spread a net. Salesmen are liars, they are cheats. Trying to protect yourself from scam artists is now a full time job every day.
14 “My sins have been bound into a yoke; by his hands they were woven together. They have been hung on my neck, and the Lord has sapped my strength. He has given me into the hands of those I cannot withstand.
What a great picture. For example let’s say you voted for Biden. You knew he was pro abortion, but you didn’t care. You knew the last four years were years of peace with no wars, but you didn’t care. You knew the last four years were years of a great economy, but you didn’t care. Now suppose that decision is a mistake, the economy crashes, inflation takes off, we are in a war, the border is flooded with millions of immigrants, some who take your job, others who work for cartels and turn the cities into a hellscape. Now when you try to support your family that yoke is horrible and you have all those sins hanging on your neck like a yoke. Because you know this is what you chose.
15 “The Lord has rejected all the warriors in my midst; he has summoned an army against me to crush my young men. In his winepress the Lord has trampled Virgin Daughter Judah.
The first thing they did was to allow transgenders to trample the virgin daughter of Judah. They will trample them in the bathroom, in the locker room, in the spa, and on the fields for sports. Meanwhile your army that was so respected is now focused on “equity” rather than merit. Afghanistan is evidence that the Lord has rejected all the warriors in my midst. Where are the soldiers for Christ? All these great big denominations are a complete compromise. They have sat by silent or even supportive while the country rejects God and His laws.
16 “This is why I weep and my eyes overflow with tears. No one is near to comfort me, no one to restore my spirit. My children are destitute because the enemy has prevailed.”
What were your eyes watching while the enemy was causing your children to become destitute? I suspect the reason you weep is because you realize you were listening to Balaam teach the children of Israel to commit fornication by using Hollywood. You weep because you chose Jezebel to rule over you even though you knew how evil she was. There were Christians who were warning you but you rejected that warning. You know that you are the one responsible for what has happened. You knew about Germany and thought that they were horrible people for allowing Hitler to take power and yet you yourself have done the very same thing.
17 Zion stretches out her hands, but there is no one to comfort her. The Lord has decreed for Jacob that his neighbors become his foes; Jerusalem has become an unclean thing among them.
In the day of calamity there is no one to comfort her. No one is near. Her army has failed her. Her friends and lovers betrayed her. Now can you understand why the church is so important and why we keep the Lord’s day as a day to worship Him? All those believers you despised, those “Jesus Freaks” that embarrassed you in front of your boss and the Country club set, the deplorables, they were an army that wouldn’t have failed you.
18 “The Lord is righteous, yet I rebelled against his command. Listen, all you peoples; look on my suffering. My young men and young women have gone into exile.
How did you get here? You rebelled against the word of God. You refused to obey the word of the apostles. You rejected Jesus as your Lord and savior and looked elsewhere. You thought you could just exile people because they wouldn't take your shot? Well now it is your turn.