premise: He does all He can , as a loving Father , to get that nasty sin out of their lives . He would rather they suffer now than for eternity . And when His children suffer , we can know that He does , too . Funny thing ... if you keep reading in Lamentations 1 , verse 21 , you will read something very interesting ... See , O Lord , for I am in distress ; My spirit is greatly troubled ; My heart is overturned within me , For I have been very rebellious . What is likely true about the narrator ?
hypothesis: They are religious