How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord is laid for your faith in his excellent word.

In the Book of Lamentations, we've been learning about Jeremiah's despair.

God's people wouldn't listen, and it was going to be too late.

I'm Steve Sweets. Welcome to Through the Bible and as we finish up Dr. McGee's short series

in this tragic book of lamentations, be on the even in heartbreak God reminds us of his faithfulness

Let's pray Heavenly Father thank you for reminding us of your love and compassion your mercy is indeed are new every morning. Great is your faithfulness. In

Jesus' name we pray. Amen. Open now to Lamentations 3 as we make our way

through the Bible with Dr. J. Vernon McKee.

We are today going to conclude the little book of Lamentations, but I hope to get out of it the message we have in these last chapters.

What we have in chapter 3 is an acrostic again. There are 22 letters in the Hebrew alphabet and each verse begins with a letter.

But in this chapter we have 66 verses, which means the three verses begin with the first letter

Oliph in the Hebrew alphabet. And an acrostic in case you're not acquainted with

it, they've sort of gone out of style as when you and I were

young and that was a long time ago for some of us. A is for Apple, B is for Baby and C C is for cat, and so on.

So here it's Olive Bayh, Gimmel, the Hebrew alphabet,

and there are three verses here, and you have 66 verses.

So this is the very heart of the book of lamentations and it continues the

lamentation of this man. Now last time I had read the first four verses of chapter 3 and I will now just lift out

verse 4 will begin there of chapter 3 now my flesh and my skin hath he made old, he hath broken my bones.

Now, Jeremiah viewed the destruction of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar and it broke his heart.

He'd predicted it.

He urged the people to turn to God before it is too late.

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