Jeremiah is grieving. He is emoting deep pain, and it is real.
Hence why the book is called Lamentations.
Jerusalem has been pillaged. The nobles have been taken. The temple destroyed. The priest and prophets are no more. Starvation is everywhere, and the most heartbreaking realities are all around with starving children and mothers not able to help.
Grieving and in deep pain, yet we find in Lamentations 3:22-23:
Yet this I call to mind
and therefore I have hope:
22 Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed,
for his compassions never fail.
23 They are new every morning;
great is your faithfulness.
Jeremiah remembers who God is. His love. His mercy
His compassion. His faithfulness.
With this calling back to his mind, the truth of who God is gets the strength that he needs to wait on the Lord.
Lamentations 3:24-26
24 I say to myself, “The Lord is my portion;
therefore I will wait for him.”
25 The Lord is good to those whose hope is in him,
to the one who seeks him;
26 it is good to wait quietly
for the salvation of the Lord.
We see in our grief we must remember the goodness of God. His love. His mercy, and His faithfulness.
We will find hope and strength to wait on Him and for His answer. His salvation.
