All her people groan as they search for bread;
they trade their treasures for food to revive their strength.
“Look, O LORD, and see, for I am despised.” (Lamentations 1:11 ESV)
Three times in this chapter Jeremiah uses the word "revive." His people were seeking for revival. They groaned, they cried, and they sought Someone to feed them and give them comfort. All the treasures of this world were meaningless, compared to the comfort of the Lord. Many were looking in all the wrong places for that comfort. Jeremiah got it right: "Look, O LORD, and see..." He is the only one that can comfort and give meaning to life; He is the only One who can revive us again.
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