Lamentations

“The Lord is My Portion”

Wedding of Hendrik Combrink & Sharon Stegen Lamentations 3 24 The Lord is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him. Various Bible translators have struggled with this word “portion”. Some translators render it “inheritance” and that is a wonderful meaning regarding the believer’s future. However, most translators have chosen to translate…

“God, as an Enemy”

Lamentations 2 5 The Lord was as an enemy: he hath swallowed up Israel, he hath swallowed up all her palaces: he hath destroyed his strong holds, and hath increased in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation. When we were in Maphumulo, praying for revival, I had always thought that it was the devil that resisted…