Day 1 · A Prayer for Restoration
Lamentations 5:1–10
1Remember, O LORD, what has happened to us. Look and see our disgrace! 2Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, our houses to foreigners. 3We have become fatherless orphans; our mothers are widows. 4We must buy the water we drink; our wood comes at a price. 5We are closely pursued; we are weary and find no rest. 6We submitted to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread. 7Our fathers sinned and are no more, but we bear their punishment. 8Slaves rule over us; there is no one to deliver us from their hands. 9We get our bread at the risk of our lives because of the sword in the wilderness. 10Our skin is as hot as an oven with fever from our hunger.
Berean Standard Bible
Observe
In verses 1–10, what basic daily necessities, rights, and relationships do the people report losing after their city fell?
Apply
When you face exhaustion or distress this week, how can you practice bringing your honest burdens directly to God in prayer?
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