04/10/2026
Chastisement Works Humility
I was reading through Lamentations the other day, and was struck by this verse, "My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is humbled in me." (Lamentations 3:20) The context of this verse is the drawn-out exposition of Israel's (and Jeremiah, through personification) chastisement by God because of their national sins. They had been defeated in war, seen famine and want, and been deported and exiled to a distant land....
I was reading through Lamentations the other day, and was struck by this verse, “My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is humbled in me.” (Lamentations 3:20) The context of this v…
