Places
Berea in Lamentations 1
buh-REE-uh
This place shows up in Lamentations 1:20: ““Look, Yahweh; for I am in distress. My heart is troubled. My heart turns over within me, for I have grievously rebelled. Abroad, the…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real place in a real place.
Lamentations 1:20
““Look, Yahweh; for I am in distress. My heart is troubled. My heart turns over within me, for I have grievously rebelled. Abroad, the sword bereaves. At home, it is like death.”
What kids can learn
When you hear berea in Lamentations, remember the sentence around it. God put this place in the story on purpose.
Read Lamentations 1:20 again tomorrow and ask what the place is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Lamentations 1:20
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Yahweh;forIamindistress.MyheartisMyheartturnsoverwithinme,forIhavegrievouslyrebelled.Abroad,theswordbereaves.Athome,itisdeath.