Bible guide
Lamentations
Through laments that grieve the fall of Jerusalem, this book mourns the consequences of sin yet sets its hope on God's faithfulness.
- Written by
- Jeremiah
- Written
- c. 586 BC
- Chapters
- 5
Historical background
It is five laments written right after Jerusalem and the temple were destroyed by Babylon. It has a poetic structure that follows the order of the Hebrew alphabet. Chapter 3, which confesses that God's steadfast love never ends even in the deepest sorrow, is its heart.
What to watch for
Meditate on the situation from which the confession of 3:22-23 arose: 'The LORD's steadfast love never ends; his mercies are new every morning.'
See that the cause of the ruin lay not in God's cruelty but in the people's sin.
Learn the posture of a faith that prays toward God even in the deepest sorrow.
Where this book falls in the reading plan
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