1. 9/3/2017
Biblical Lament

2. Lament to mourn for or over.
to feel, show, or express grief, sorrow, or regret.
to mourn deeply.
a formal expression of sorrow or mourning, especially in verse or song; an elegy or dirge.

3. Jeremiah 19:9 NKJV
Oh, that my head were waters, And my eyes a fountain of tears, That I might weep day and night For the slain of the daughter of my people!

4. Jeremiah 19:9 ESV
And I will make them eat the flesh of their sons and their daughters, and everyone shall eat the flesh of his neighbor in the siege and in the distress, with which their enemies and those who seek their life afflict them.

5. Lamentations 1:16-22 NKJV 16 For these things I weep;
My eye, my eye overflows with water;
Because the comforter, who should restore my life,
Is far from me.
My children are desolate
Because the enemy prevailed.

6. Lamentations 1:16-22 NKJV 17 Zion spreads out her hands,
But no one comforts her;
The Lord has commanded concerning Jacob
That those around him become his adversaries;
Jerusalem has become an unclean thing among them.

7. Lamentations 1:16-22 NKJV 18 The Lord is righteous,
For I rebelled against His commandment.
Hear now, all peoples,
And behold my sorrow;
My virgins and my young men
Have gone into captivity.

8. Lamentations 1:16-22 NKJV 19 I called for my lovers,
But they deceived me;
My priests and my elders
Breathed their last in the city,
While they sought food
To restore their life.

9. Lamentations 1:16-22 NKJV 20 See, O Lord, that I am in distress;
My soul is troubled;
My heart is overturned within me,
For I have been very rebellious.
Outside the sword bereaves,
At home it is like death.

10. Lamentations 1:16-22 NKJV 21 They have heard that I sigh,
But no one comforts me.
All my enemies have heard of my trouble;
They are glad that You have done it.
Bring on the day You have announced,
That they may become like me.

11. Lamentations 1:16-22 NKJV 22 Let all their wickedness come before You,
And do to them as You have done to me
For all my transgressions;
For my sighs are many,
And my heart is faint.

12. John 12:35 NKJV
Jesus wept.

13. Isaiah 53:3 NKJV
He is despised and rejected by men, A Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. And we hid, as it were, our faces from Him; He was despised, and we did not esteem Him.

14. Isaiah 53:3 NKJV
He is despised and rejected by men, A Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. And we hid, as it were, our faces from Him; He was despised, and we did not esteem Him.

15. Hebrews 5:7NKJV
In the days of his flesh, Jesus offered up prayers and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to him who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverence.

16. Romans 8:22 NKJV
For we know that the whole creation groans and labors with birth pangs together until now.  

17. a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn,
Ecclesiastes 3:4 ESV
a time to weep,
and a time to laugh;
a time to mourn,
and a time to dance;

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20. “How we worship reveals what we prioritize
“How we worship reveals what we prioritize. The American church avoids lament. Consequently the underlying narrative of suffering that requires lament is lost in lieu of a triumphalistic, victorious narrative. We forget the necessity of lament over suffering and pain. Absence doesn’t make the heart grow fonder. Absence makes the heart forget. The absence of lament in the liturgy of the American church results in the loss of memory.”

22. I am weary with my moaning; every night I flood my bed with tears; I drench my couch with my weeping 6:6
Lord, all my longing is before you; my sighing is not hidden from you 38:9
Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation and my God 42:11

23. "Our failure to lament cuts us off from one another
"Our failure to lament cuts us off from one another. The degree to which I am to willing to enter into the suffering of another person reveals the level of my commitment to love them… Saying I am not interested in your hurts, says I’m not interested in you.”

24. Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep.
Romans 12:15 NKJV
Rejoice with those who rejoice,
and weep with those who weep.

25. Proverbs 25:20 NKJV
Singing cheerful songs to a person with a heavy heart is like taking someone’s coat in cold weather or pouring vinegar in a wound.

27. Matthew 5:4 NKJV
Blessed are those who mourn (lament), For they shall be comforted.

28. Lamentations 3:40-42 ESV
Let us test and examine our ways, and return to the LORD! Let us lift up our hearts and hands to God in heaven: "We have transgressed and rebelled, and you have not forgiven."

29. 2 Corinthians 7:9-11a  ESV
Now I rejoice, not that you were made sorry, but that your sorrow led to repentance. For you were made sorry in a godly manner, that you might suffer loss from us in nothing. For godly sorrow produces repentance leading to salvation, not to be regretted; but the sorrow of the world produces death. For observe this very thing, that you sorrowed in a godly manner: What diligence it produced in you, what clearing of yourselves, what indignation, what fear, what vehement desire, what zeal, what vindication! In all things you proved yourselves to be clear in this matter.

30. Romans 10:9-10 ESV
9 that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.