Lam 1:14 | MHM | STEP | v. 14 : "The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand: they are wreathed, and come up upon my neck: he hath made my strength to fall, the Lord hath delivered me into their hands, from whom I am not able to rise up." The burden Jerusalem bears is the yoke of her own sins, fastened by God’s hand. Sin is a heavy load, and it is our own transgressions that bind us. The yoke is not for service, but for punishment—her strength fails, and she is delivered into the hands of her enemies. Only God’s mercy can break this yoke, for it is justice that has bound it .

‏ Lamentations 1:14

v. 14: "The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand: they are wreathed, and come up upon my neck: he hath made my strength to fall, the Lord hath delivered me into their hands, from whom I am not able to rise up."

The burden Jerusalem bears is the yoke of her own sins, fastened by God’s hand. Sin is a heavy load, and it is our own transgressions that bind us. The yoke is not for service, but for punishment—her strength fails, and she is delivered into the hands of her enemies. Only God’s mercy can break this yoke, for it is justice that has bound it .