Major Prophets
What should a child notice in Lamentations 2?
Lamentations 2 opens with these words: “How has the Lord covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in his anger! He has cast the beauty of Israel down from heaven to the earth,…” The line to keep is Lamentations 2:19: “Arise, cry out in the night, at the beginning of the watches! Pour out your heart like water before the face of the Lord. Lift up your hands toward him for…” Carry the word “arise” from that verse into the rest of the day. A sentence to keep is Lamentations 2:19: “Arise, cry out in the night, at the beginning of the watches! Pour out your heart like water before the face of the Lord. Lift up your hands toward him for the life of your young children, who faint for hunger at the head of every street.” What happens first in Lamentations 2?
Lamentations 2:19
“Arise, cry out in the night, at the beginning of the watches! Pour out your heart like water before the face of the Lord. Lift up your hands toward him for the life of your young children, who faint for hunger at the head of every street.”
Lamentations 2:3
“He has cut off all the horn of Israel in fierce anger. He has drawn back his right hand from before the enemy. He has burned up Jacob like a flaming fire, which devours all around.”
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Say it
Practice Lamentations 2:19
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Arise,cryoutinthenight,atthebeginningofthewatches!PouroutyourheartbeforethefaceoftheLord.Liftupyourhandstowardhimforthelifeofyouryoungchildren,whofaintforhungerattheheadofevery