Lamentations
Old Testament • Book #25
Poetic mourning over Jerusalem's destruction.
"ALEPH How the city sits solitary, that was full of people! She has become as a widow, who was great among the nations! She who was a princess among the provinces has become a forced laborer! "
— Lamentations 1:1
About the Book of Lamentations
Lamentations is Jeremiah's grief-soaked response to the destruction of Jerusalem. Five poems of raw sorrow and honest questioning, yet right in the center is one of the Bible's most beloved passages about God's faithfulness. This book gives us permission to grieve deeply while still hoping in God's unfailing love.
Background
- Author
- Jeremiah
- Date Written
- ~586 BC
- Genre
- Poetry
Key Themes in Lamentations
- ▸Grief and mourning
- ▸The consequences of sin
- ▸God's faithfulness in suffering
- ▸Honest lament before God
- ▸Hope in the midst of devastation
Famous Verses from Lamentations
“It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.”
— Lamentations 3:22-23
“The Lord is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.”
— Lamentations 3:25
“But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies. For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men.”
— Lamentations 3:32-33
“Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the Lord.”
— Lamentations 3:40
“Turn thou us unto thee, O Lord, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.”
— Lamentations 5:21
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