TODAY'S BIBLE TWEET

BIBLE TEXT: “..for the enemy hath magnified himself. The adversary hath spread out his hand upon all her pleasant things: for she hath seen that the heathen entered into her sanctuary, whom thou didst command that they should not enter into thy congregation. All her people sigh, they seek bread; they have given their pleasant things for meat to relieve the soul: see, O Lord, and consider; for I am become vile.” (Lamentations 1:9b-11)

BIBLE TWEET: The triumphant enemy had not only dispossessed Jerusalem of all of her pleasant things, but also left her defiled, her temple desecrated, and her people desolate.

BIBLE TAKEAWAY: When God’s protective hand is removed from us, because of our sin, we will find ourselves handed over to Satan, who will be used by God to either judge or chasten us as the Chaldeans were used by God to judge and destroy Jerusalem; see Habakkuk 1:5-7 and Acts 13:40-41, as well as 1 Corinthians 5:5 and 1 Timothy 1:19-20.