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I'm feeling a lot of grief. My oldest daughter recently passed away, I was laid off, I miss my grown children, my unemployment just expired. My job interviews are many but no offers yet. I'm going to have to find a job outside of my career path to make ends meet. I'm feeling depressed and I cry at the drop of a hat. I'm growing closer to God. Pray for me, I need a miracle.

I love how the Lamentations gave us the right to complain and voice out our grief and anger and let God know VERBALLY that we are in pain and in suffering. God never asked us to be quiet and just keep it to ourselves. He let us raise our voices and question Him without sinning of course. God hears us when we cry out and voice our feelings to Him. Truly, His mercies are new every morning.

❤️God's justice "does not allow evil to get the final word"

So many people are going to be healed because of this. This book addresses grief Whig psychologist have studied for years and how God doesn't ignore us. I needed this too. I am I going through something that leaves me upset. But I know my redeemer lives and loves me. Thanks Lord for strengthening my faith.

In the Psalms (139:12), David writes that even darkness is as light to God. When we lament, our darkest moments are turned into humility and growth with the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. Otherwise, suffering merely leads to self-pity and anger.

I journaled for an hour about similar frustrations then I picked up my bible and asked the Holy Spirit for a word. I blindly thumbed through the Book and stopped at Lamentations. I read the whole thing then came to your channel for clarity on the messages and tears. Thank you for bringing my understanding full circle.

I watch a video on a specific Book before I read that book so I can know what I’m about to read...it’s like reading the back of a book to know what the main point of a book is.

I have learned to come to this channel before I begin reading a section of the Bible. Your summary and sketches are literally like guideposts for me to follow in understanding. Thank you again!

Came across Lamentations 3 in my Bible reading and felt like it was me in many parts. I’ve been going through an extremely hard time, and I just needed to find comfort from my God’s word. “Do no fear.”

Thank you! Everyone needs to hear this. We are in a trying time. 🙏🏽

My wife has left me, and I’ve lost my home. I’ve lost everything. They were my best (and only) friend. Lord, I pray that you guide me. I cry all the time, I’m confused all the time. Please, Lord, guide me.

You guys never cease to teach me something new. God is doing absolutely amazing things through you. God bless!

Weeping May endure for a night but joy comets in the morning. No matter what you are going through, God will fix it for you. I thank God for giving my Son the guidance to put this in the right time.

I'm an a fairly new Christian and find these videos helpful as a recap of what I've just read. I have many many times felt the despair described in Lamentations and was deeply moved. Lord, thank you for another day to draw closer to you; you are just, sovereign over all, and father to those you've adopted into the kingdom of heaven. Thank you for redemption through Jesus Christ. Amen

This book really shows me that we are not alone in our sufferings. It shows me that others before us who were called by God experience despair and grief and hopelessness. Just like I am feeling now. Yet God still did something for them, through them and in them. This really gives me hope. Specially when it's so easy to feel like we are alone while we suffer.

I get so excited every time I'm notified of a new Bible Project video! These videos are such a blessing. Thank you, and God bless you all!

As someone who has been a Christian 40+yrs and was an RE teacher I find these an answer to prayer to update God's message into a 21 Century medium. Well done. I love them.

I was just praying and talking to GOD and was laying down to sleep and the word Lamentations came to me to I got up to look up the over view!! Love this

this is why i love the Book of Lamentations. it allows you to voice your pain and suffering to God and let's you find comfort in the presence of the Almighty.

Such a beautiful book. It really shows the saddens that we really go thru. I just loss my Grandma the day after Christmas... She raised me and I am so full of grief, I sometimes don't know what to do with it. I cry so much and cry out to God so much, but it's still there. 😞 I know how they are feeling slightly.

I read it during the covid-19 pandemic. It is easy to relate to that in this moment, so true and beatiful !

Much love to you all who labor and put forth the efforts behind this amazing series. Thank you from the bottom of my heart ❤️ to God be the glory in Lord Jesus name

It's amazing how God blesses and pours out His wisdom on the people behind these videos to be able to observe and collate all these and give an overview of the books of the Bible and present it sooo well! I can't clearly describe how great and helpful it is and I'm just really grateful I've found this channel, God bless!

I'm a story consultant. I work with novelists and filmmakers. I have a phd in Narrative Theory. This is an excellent analysis of the story of Ruth and again demonstrates how the Bible is a source and summit of all of our life stories, and why stories are so critical to culture. The artwork is very good, too. Hope to discover the authors of all this.

Whenever I think of the book of Lamentations, I think of emotional suffering and pain and regarding to the COVID-19 pandemic, sometimes I ask God how long will the pandemic continue? Will it never end or will it end? The pandemic itself has caused me emotional pain and suffering but it doesn’t shake my inner line of faith in God.

It’s ok to grieve. If your ever suffering and looking for hope, I always like to remember that hey, it’s only 80 years out of all eternity. And Jesus has a mission for you, and has already thought of your trials ahead of time.

I think I said "wow" a hundred times while watching this. This made me think about myself here lately in my life. I'm in awe! Thank you!

I appreciate this clear breakdown of the book! I'm of the understanding that Jeremiah authored Lamentations...

Guys, I love you all. Thank u guys for making these. Im in college right now Majoring in Biblical Studies and the consistency of theology presented here is impeccable. I used to watch you guys videos so i can learn more about God early in my Christian walk. Now i am 19, God has grown me so much through your ministry as well as other things He placed in my life to help me gain understanding of His Word. I appreciate you all taking the time out to do your videos and i Pray that you guys abound in Joy and be encouraged to keep going because this channel is making a difference in our world

All these videos are brilliant, and the work that must have gone into them, for our benefit, is very much appreciated.

This was very helpful. I opened up the book of Lamentations and was so confused until I decided to look on KZfaq for answers. Thank you so much for this. God bless this ministry. From now on I will watch these videos before reading.

I just opened up the bible and this was the book i fell on. Interesting as it is such a small book and the chances seem slim. I hope that this terrible fate that befell jerusulem doesn't also happen to us in the current day. I hope that God shows mercy and does not allow the people of the world to suffer through famine, death and captivity.

Thank you for doing these, it really helps alot, for a new born again Christian, I have found God, and inplan to keep him as close to my heart as I been in his, I would find God and stray away, and I went through something very very dark, and I found God, again, and stayed . And so, I have been studying the Bible, and some parts are very hard to understand, and I have to read the verse over and over again, and even then I still don't understand, but I read the whole book, and I look up one of these videos ans it really helps for me to sum everything up and even gives me inside on things that I missed or didn't even notice ! Thank you ! Great job !

This was so insightful and a relief to learn grieving and expressing reason for sorrow is okay to do. When Job expressed mild questions, it felt like YHVH rebuked him in His Reply, “Where were you?” So I’ve held back voicing my heart’s questions and such. I can almost hear the Father saying that to me, after I lament my life and how it unfolded. Anyway. Thank you. It was wonderful to learn lamentations had poetic structure, acrostics, and no final explanation for it all.

God’s word says to cast our cares upon Him. He is concerned with our concerns. I just said this to a brother in Christ today and then God dropped this book which I have never read. Thank You Heavenly Father for confirmation!!

I love what you said about chapter 3 so much. God is so consistent He has to bring about justice but He also will bring grace, mercy and comfort.🙌🙌❤❤ I rewatched that part like 3xs.

Finding out about the Karan People in Myanmar ( a great percentage are Christian ), how they've been hunted and tortured &shot like animals for 60 years by the Burmese Military , I came here to make sense of suffering through the eyes of the bible writers . This overview is brilliant, thankyou

I beg to hear God in my desperate lament. I’m begging for any comfort encouragement or help from the Lord. Pls someone pray for me to experience the nearness of God I have been begging Him for months. I don’t understand this. I’ve been repenting. It’s too much to bare Lord. Have glory in my suffering be pleased in my misery.

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ISAIAH 25 - LAMENTATIONS “He will swallow up death forever, and the Lord God will wipe away tears from all faces; the rebuke of His people He will take away from all the earth; for the Lord has spoken.” (Isaiah 25:8) WORDS BY: FATHER "When I said I will wipe away all tears, I meant it. But why wait until the next life for this to happen? Can I not wipe away your tears while you still draw breath? Is that an impossible thing for Me to do? I am more willing than you realize and if you look to the redemption of the cross, you’ll be set free from any burden you carry. The price was already paid for your freedom, so the moment you release a burden at the cross is the moment I am faithful and just to free you from it. However, when people cry out to Me, it is not always with a pure motive. Many come to complain to Me or confess only parts of their heart while they deny and supress the deeper matters. You may come to Me to speak about a fruit, but what if I want you to focus on the root? Are you open for this? Suppressing issues will never give the freedom you need and you will always be on the back foot, lacking the initial fruit to overcome. What am I able to give to such people who supress things? My biggest lament is not when I see My children with many problems but when My children don’t want to be helped. Problems are easy to deal with but the disease of resistance is not easily cured because in whatever state it is in, it refuses to be helped intentionally or unintentionally. If you desire My help, then you must take the path of least resistance. The ability to be humble to receive correction will bring life and a cleansing from all tears because I am faithful to fulfil My promise. So whatever state in life you find yourself in, remain humble, rejoice and be glad in My salvation and I will swallow up death in victory, for thus I have spoken."

Love the way you guys breakdown scripture with imaging..you guys have the gift of teaching

You guys are amazing! You have blessed my study of God's Word immensely!! Thankyou so much and may God continue to bless you men personally and your mission!

Thank you for that very good description of the book of Lamentations. Over this last 10 years or so my spirit has thought of that book and felt the urge to cry out to the people and to our God. It is a beautiful book. I understand it so much better through your outline. Your time and talent are greatly appreciated. Praying for all of the body of Christ everywhere.

Glad I found this video because for some reason I just read lamentations & I shed a tear. What they experienced was horrific I can’t imagine going through or even see any of that🥺 makes you even MORE thankful of Gods grace & mercy🙌🏾

Watching again and praying for Ukraine. I cannot understand it. I must trust God for His plans. I was glad Tim said it's ok to ask God questions. I hoped He would help like with the Israelis. Maybe He is but we are not seeing it. The slaughter and suffering is so great. They are correct...if they lose, so do we all. I also noticed that God shows up in a different timetable than we have. It could be tomorrow, a week, or many years. It is hard for us who have issues now and will be long dead before the answer comes, but it does come. And if we are "dead," it does not matter anymore. We are happy.

Your "breaking down" of the Bible text is very helpful. You reveal the structure of the original language and make sense of it in everyday speech. I am greatly appreciative of this work by "BibleProject" for what was first confusing becomes easier to grasp and thus for me to renew/strengthen my faith in the LORD GOD. Once again, thanks.

I just read this book in the Bible, and even outside of biblical context, it's an absolute masterpiece of literature

Love how everything is so well thought out. Even the slow is slow. Good job guys!

I've just recently discovered this page. I love the way these are setup. And are quick, easy to listen to, and very informative. Thank, and God bless you all.

I’m not religious, but I do enjoy understanding The Bible to a higher degree. These videos are excellent for that

Blessings and prayers to all pray for each other a lot of power in prayer thanks Bible Project for all you do praying for you always 🙏😇🌷💞

Just reading through the comments is wonderful! Grateful for this channel and KZfaq for opportunities of conversation...

We are currently studying Lamentations. What with this being Lent and the horrors in Syria on our screens, the Bible is seen again as very relevant. So too is this thoughtful and balanced analysis, that puts the raw grief and despair into both a historical context. And a theological context. We can too often smother our distresses, or let them smother us! We need to serve them up- hot- to God. Well done for this great Lamentations briefing.

“The poet doesn’t offer a nice, neat conclusion, much like our experiences of pain & suffering....” OOF 😅 WE FELT THAT

Thank you so much. I was reading the KJV version of this book and I couldn’t understand it. I Knew that God wanted me to get something from this Bible story so I clicked on this video and got the answer I was looking for. God bless ❤️❤️❤️

Wow this help me bring clarity to my bible study thank you!

Reproach came upon those who twisted the word of God. Daughter of Zion is the one who bares everyone's sin and has a direct line to God. When the word of God gets twisted, it bothers my Spirit to no end. The wrath that came on me, was because of 1 person. Remours and lies, were spread across every nation and tongue against me. I have had no one to help me, but God. Because I have been hurt, it is they will suffer because they have to pay the price of what they have done to me. God is a fair and righteous God. Getting ready write and it is going to be clearer than ever before. ❤

The Lord is good always put your trust in him

Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the Lord.

I always have this big smile whenever I get notification of Bible Project's new uploaded vids. Thank you so much for being a blessing to everyone who reaches your vids :) Before I became your subscriber, I have a lot of questions about about life and I know I should seek for answers in the bible but going through it confuses me and your vid made it all simple to understand. THANK YOU SO MUCH AND MAY our Lord God continue to bless you.

What really gets me through all of this is that the Lord allowed their suffering. People died. Women and children. I know the Lord is just, but it sits funny with me that these are his people. Their sins lead them to this place and he allowed it to take place as much as it broke his heart. My spirit is really wrestling with this book.

I appreciate you guys so much! Seminarian here… anytime it’s my turn to give a homily on a lesser known passage (cough cough The prophets…) I check you guys out. Big help!!

Excellent, just excellent you have made this book more accessible to the modern mind. It helps to speak truth about the human condition. I can see using it (and Job) as a way to address theodicy questions and objections to faith with my friends.

Thank you for the making the Book of Jeremiah more understandable, for the viewers.

I believe the Holy Spirit brings us to the book of Lamentations when we are hurting and brings us to search out videos to get a better understanding. This was great. Thx u. Well done. 👍

This is amazing because so many people are depressed in this world.. most not all is caused by materialism or attachment to things that are not eternal like God is.

Thanks guys for summarize the book of Lamentations?! While you show what the meaning of this book was, I didn't noticed that I got tears in my eyes😢and I don't know why?!Thanks again for posting this meaningful message...

This was a beautiful illustration. I read the book, and honestly did not know if I understood it. When I watched your video. The words I had just read came alive! Thank you for your video.

Your summary of this book really helps me understand it in depth. Thank you for being a blessing to all those people who seek to understand the scriptures. God bless you and your ministry.

I really enjoy the Bible project thank you for helping me understand more because I recently started reading my bible again and trying understand but it still a struggle for me but with this it helps me to do deeper and I’m so grateful 😊

THIS IS AMAZING ILL NEVER GET TIRED OF COMMENTING THAT IN EVERY VIDEO BECAUSE WOW I JUST END UP WITH MY JAWS DROPPED EVERY SINGLE TIMEEE

I have a better understanding of Lamentations now. I have been suffering all this while lead to Prayer for Restoration.

Beautifully explained. God bless all the people at bible project who create these videos as a labour of love to help us understand Gods word more clearly. Thankyou.

This made me so sad to read; I can't imagine how much the exile of his people grieved his heart.

Thank you! Your videos and visuals was very helpful to bringing understanding. May God bless you from glory to glory.

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Thanks so much for this really helpful overview set to great animations👍👍👍👍👏👏

Among Roman Catholics this book is most frequently used during the service of Tenebrae, a long and gravely solemn liturgy held on the nights before Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and Holy Saturday, with only candlelight for illumination in the darkened church. It is meant to express grief over the death of the Savior as well as sorrow for our sins, and the readings from Lamentations (the first three of the nine appointed for each night) are frequently chanted in an especially mournful tone.

Quick story... as a child ii was bad I had wickedness just in me so hard to explain but it was there. I loved to read as a kid and could finish books in no time. My father was a true believer and often pushed me to read the Bible. I would try but no matter how hard ii tried ii just couldn't understand it. Or I'd forget half of what ii read. Years later ii challenged myself to read the whole Bible. It was so odd because not only could ii read but ii understood it at well. Or at least I could come up with my own interpretation. Today ii read but still can find such understanding with these videos I just 2ant to say thank yu

Just spent time in psalm 69 last night. (Newbie in reading the Bible) really felt the pain...

Thank for these simplified but extraordinary looks at the Bible books

God spoke to me and used words I’d never heard. I looked them up and both words fell in Lamentations 3. Thanks for explaining the message he has for me!

I love your overview of the stories of the Bible you really do an excellent job explaining the story thank you. 👼😇🥰🕊☮🙏📿⛪

I thank God for You. Love, Light, Peace, Music and Joy

may we remember our Lord's faithfulness even amid his justice! may we seek out His grace and mercy every morning to get through our days!

This is much better than actually reading God's Word yourself!!!!!

the book of lamentations is so underated and overlooked. its my favorite book of the bible

There is an historical tradition that goes back thousands of years that Jeremiah wrote this book. There is a possibility that the final chapter was added after the destruction of the second temple which occurred on the same date 657 years later.

Who are the 47 who didn't like this! what is not to like ! I'm one of the Lord's not so bright followers, so this helps me out big time! My Pastor is going to preach on this book. so I sent him this link!

Even aside from the educational religious value of BibleProject's book-by-book summaries, I'm impressed over and over that somebody behind the scenes at BibleProject took the time and effort for the artistic details. ex. "God is slow to anger," animates the word "slow" to be drawn at a slower speed, then we see regular speed for the rest of the verse. I think the care put into those artistic details really does improve the overall potency of the religious message. Plus, it does so without alienating, angering, annoying, or turning off viewers who are skeptical of organized religion.

Thanks very much for sharing, I watching the chosen, it's very good, God bless everyone....

This week I was reading through the book of Lamentations and your video was so helpful to watch at the beginning of each chapter. Thank you for the good work.

...how lamentation is a crucial part of the journey of faith in a broken world. These explanation if the book of lamentations right here is so powerful. Thank you very much for all what God has been using you for Bible Project.

I really appreciate these visual breakdowns of books I struggle to take in and understand completely. This one was a little sad, lol.

This is extremely helpful. Thank you, not the easiest when youre a visual learner trying to understand the holy book as you read, so thank uou.

Recently my favorite book of the Bible!! Thank you for this descriptive video!

So grateful to God for you.

Suffering makes us ask questions about gods character. 🙌🏿🙌🏿🙌🏿

MAY THE LORD OUR GOD HAVE MERCY ON US ALL🙏🏽🤲🏾❤️