Do you want to drive home the crucifixion? Do you dare to spend a moment on the cross with Jesus? Then read through Lamentations but every line that refers to Israel, Judah or the people of God, change to Jesus.
"[You] sit on the ground,
[Jesus is] silent.
[You] cast dust on [your] head,
[you] have put on sackcloth;
the [beloved Son of Man]
[has] bowed [his] head down to the ground.
My eyes have spent all their tears;
my stomach is in torment,
my heart is poured out on the earth
because of the destruction of the [Son of God],
because [Jesus] faint[s]
in the public squares of a city.
To [his mother he says],
“Where is the bread and wine?”
as [he] faint[s] like the wounded
in the public squares of a city,
as [his] life is being poured out
onto the bosom of [his mother].
What can I say for you? What can I compare to you,
O [Son of the Most High]?
To what can I liken you so that I can comfort you,
O [True Child of Zion]?
For your destruction is as vast as the sea;
who can heal you?"
