Lamentations
Types and Shadows - In Lamentations Jesus is the weeping
prophet who wept over Jerusalem for her blindness....
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Main Theme - 5 Poetic laments over the destruction of
Jerusalem...
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Quick Overview of Lamentations. – –1 – – a destroyed Jerusalem
cries out for mercy – – 2 – –the Lord's chastisement and the
effects – – 3 – – a cry from the heart of a chastened people –
– 4 – – the horrors surrounding the siege and the fall of the
city of Jerusalem – – 5 – – a lament and prayer for the
restoration of Jerusalem....
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The book contains five poems that depict the condition of the
forsaken city of Jerusalem which had been burnt to the ground
and utterly demolished by the Babylonians on the ninth of Av
in the Jewish calendar in 586 BC, in contrast to the
magnificent splendor that it once possessed. The reason for
God's chastisement on the people of Judah and o...
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The five lament poems are outlined here:
Lamentations 1 - Jerusalem's desolation is lamented
Lamentations 2 - God's wrath against the city of Jerusalem
Lamentations 3 - God's faithfulness is acknowledged
Lamentations 4 - God's faithfulness is viewed as chastisement
Lamentations 5 - God's faithfulness is worthy of trust...
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Author - Jeremiah (According to the Bible and Jewish
Tradition). The first four poems are arranged in an acrostic
form with each containing 22 verses which correspond with the
22 consonants of the Hebrew alphabet. In chapter 3 each letter
of the Hebrew alphabet is allotted 3 of the 66 verses which
comprise the poem. Some conclude that the reas...
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In the Hebrew the word for the name of the book of
Lamentations is "Eikah" which means "How." How could this
happen?...
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