Lamentations: Summary & Overview
Overview
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.
Key Themes
- •Grief and mourning
- •The consequences of sin
- •God's faithfulness in suffering
- •Honest lament before God
- •Hope in the midst of devastation
Famous Verses
“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
Key Facts
- Testament
- Old Testament
- Genre
- Poetry
- Author
- Jeremiah
- Date Written
- ~586 BC
- Chapters
- 5
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