Yahweh’s Covenant Blessings

12 “Then it will be, because you listen to these judgments and keep and do them, that Yahweh your God will keep with you His covenant and His lovingkindness which He swore to your fathers. 13 And He will love you and bless you and multiply you; He will also bless the fruit of your womb and the fruit of your ground, your grain and your new wine and your oil, the increase of your herd and the young of your flock, in the land which He swore to your fathers to give you. 14 You shall be blessed above all peoples; there will be no male or female barren among you or among your cattle. 15 And Yahweh will take away from you all sickness; and He will not put on you any of the harmful diseases of Egypt which you have known, but He will give them to all who hate you. 16 And you shall consume all the peoples whom Yahweh your God will give over to you; your eye shall not pity them, nor shall you serve their gods, for that would be a snare to you.

17 “If you should say in your heart, ‘These nations are more numerous than I; how can I dispossess them?’ 18 you shall not be afraid of them; you shall well remember what Yahweh your God did to Pharaoh and to all Egypt: 19 the great trials which your eyes saw and the signs and the wonders and the mighty hand and the outstretched arm by which Yahweh your God brought you out. So shall Yahweh your God do to all the peoples of whom you are afraid. 20 Moreover, Yahweh your God will send the hornet against them until those who remain and hide themselves from you perish. 21 You shall not dread them, for Yahweh your God is in your midst, a great and fearsome God. 22 And Yahweh your God will clear away these nations before you little by little; you will not be able to put an end to them quickly, lest the wild beasts become too numerous for you. 23 But Yahweh your God will give them over before you and will throw them into great confusion until they are destroyed. 24 And He will give their kings into your hand so that you will make their name perish from under heaven; no man will be able to stand before you until you have destroyed them. 25 The graven images of their gods you are to burn with fire; you shall not covet the silver or the gold that is on them, nor take it for yourselves, lest you be snared by it, for it is an abomination to Yahweh your God. 26 And you shall not bring an abomination into your house and become devoted to destruction like it; you shall utterly detest it, and you shall utterly abhor it, for it is devoted to destruction.(Deuteronomy 7:12-26 LSB)

The Anger of Yahweh

Aleph

1 How the Lord has covered the daughter of ZionWith a cloud in His anger!He has cast from heaven to earthThe beauty of Israel,And has not remembered the footstool of His feetIn the day of His anger.

Beth

2 The Lord has swallowed up; He has not sparedAll the habitations of Jacob.In His wrath He has pulled downThe strongholds of the daughter of Judah;He has brought them down to the ground;He has profaned the kingdom and its princes.(Lamentations 2:1-2 LSB)

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Qoph

19 I called to my lovers, but they deceived me;My priests and my elders breathed their last in the cityWhile they sought food for themselves in order to restore their souls.

Resh

20 See, O Yahweh, for I am in distress;My inmost being is greatly disturbed;My heart is overturned within me,For I have been very rebellious.In the street the sword bereaves;In the house it is like death.

Shin

21 They have heard that I am sighing;There is no one to comfort me;All my enemies have heard of the evil done to me;They rejoice that You have done it.You have brought the day which You have proclaimed,So that they will become like me.

Tav

22 Let all their evil come before You;And deal severely with them as You have dealt severely with meFor all my transgressions;For my groans are great and my heart is faint.”(Lamentations 1:19-22 LSB)

Ayin

16 For these things I am weeping;My eyes run down with water;Because far from me is a comforter,One who restores my soul.My children are desolateBecause the enemy has prevailed.”

Pe

17 Zion stretches out her hands;There is no one to comfort her;Yahweh has commanded concerning JacobThat the ones round about him should be his adversaries;Jerusalem has become an impure thing among them.

Tsadhe

18 “Yahweh is righteous;For I have rebelled against His command;Hear now, all peoples,And behold my pain;My virgins and my young menHave gone into captivity.(Lamentations 1:16-18 LSB)

Yodh

10 The adversary has stretched out his handOver all her desirable things,For she has seen the nations enter her sanctuary,The ones whom You commandedThat they should not enter into Your assembly.

Kaph

11 All her people are sighing, seeking bread;They have given their desirable things for foodTo restore their souls.“See, O Yahweh, and look,For I am despised.”

Lamedh

12 “Is it nothing to all you who pass this way?Look and see if there is any pain like my painWhich was dealt severely to me,Which Yahweh grieved me with on the day of His burning anger.

Mem

13 From on high He sent fire into my bones,And it dominated them.He has spread a net for my feet;He has turned me back;He has made me desolate,Faint all day long.

Nun

14 The yoke of my transgressions is bound;By His hand they are knit together.They have come upon my neck;He has made my strength stumble.The Lord has given me into the handsOf those against whom I am not able to stand.

Samekh

15 The Lord has rejected all my mighty menIn my midst;He has called an appointed time against meTo break my young men;The Lord has trodden as in a wine pressThe virgin daughter of Judah.(Lamentations 1:10-15 LSB)

Zayin

7 In the days of her affliction and homelessnessJerusalem remembers all her precious thingsThat were from the days of old,When her people fell into the hand of the adversaryAnd no one helped her.The adversaries saw her;They laughed at her ruin.

Heth

8 Jerusalem sinned greatly;Therefore she has become an impure thing.All who honored her despise herBecause they have seen her nakedness;Even she herself sighs and turns away.

Teth

9 Her uncleanness was in her skirts;She did not remember her future.Therefore she has gone down astonishingly;She has no comforter.“See, O Yahweh, my affliction,For the enemy has magnified himself!”(Lamentations 1:7-9 LSB)

Daleth

4 The roads of Zion are in mourningBecause no one comes to the appointed times.All her gates are desolate;Her priests are sighing,Her virgins are grieving,And she herself is bitter.

He

5 Her adversaries have become her masters;Her enemies are complacent;For Yahweh has caused her griefBecause of the greatness of her transgressions;Her infants have gone awayAs captives before the adversary.

Vav

6 So all her majestyHas gone out from the daughter of Zion;Her princes have become like deerThat have found no pasture;So they have fled without strengthBefore the pursuer.(Lamentations 1:4-6 LSB)

Zion Lays Desolate

Aleph

1 How lonely sits the cityThat was great with people!She has become like a widowWho was once great among the nations!She who was a princess among the provincesHas become a forced laborer!

Beth

2 She weeps bitterly in the night,And her tears are on her cheeks;She has none to comfort herAmong all her lovers.All her friends have dealt treacherously with her;They have become her enemies.

Gimel

3 Judah has gone into exile because of afflictionAnd because of great slavery;She sits among the nations,But she has found no rest;All her pursuers have overtaken herIn the midst of distress.(Lamentations 1:1-3 LSB)

This God-Centered Conversation is with Dr. R. Jay Waggoner of Exploring The Bible Ministries. In this interview, we cover his life and experience in Pastoral ministry. He is also my Pastor and Mentor who trained and equipped me for Pastoral Ministry.

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