My Servants The Prophets A Study of the Major Prophets Lamentations Introduction to Lamentations The Author Not mentioned in the book Septuagint Translations (LXX) names Jeremiah Early church fathers credit Jeremiah Similarity to the book
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My Servants The Prophets A Study of the Major Prophets Lamentations<br>
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Introduction to Lamentations The Author
Not mentioned in the book
Septuagint Translations (LXX) names Jeremiah
Early “church fathers” credit Jeremiah
Similarity to the book of Jeremiah<br>
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Introduction to Lamentations The Author
The Date
586 BC
Written in the 3 months between the fall of Jerusalem and being taken to Egypt<br>
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Introduction to Lamentations The Author
The Date
The Theme
The funeral message for the city of Jerusalem
Lamentation / grief over a nation that has gone into captivity
Yet, it expresses hope and consolation (3:22-26, 58)
“No book in the Bible reveals the suffering heart of God over sin as does this one” (Warren Wiersbe)<br>
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Introduction to Lamentations The Author
The Date
The Theme
Literary Style
Five mournful funeral poems
Acrostic
Each of the 22 verse in chapter 1, 2, & 4 start with succeeding letter of the Hebrew alphabet
Chapter 3 has three verses given to each letter<br>
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Introduction to Lamentations The Author
The Date
The Theme
Literary Style
Outline<br>
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Outline of Lamenations The Suffering of Jerusalem (1)
God’s Anger against Jerusalem (2)
The Prophet’s Suffering and Plea (3)
The Siege on Jerusalem and its Cause (4)
Prayer for Restoration (5)<br>
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Lamentations
Chapters 1-5<br>
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The Suffering of Jerusalem (1)
Like a Lonely Widow (vv. 1-11)
Her greatness is past (v. 1)
Weeps with no help (v. 2)
Captivity (v. 3)
Feasts are over (v. 4)
Brought this on herself (vv. 5, 8)
Been embarrassed (vv. 8-11)<br>
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The Suffering of Jerusalem (1)
Like a Lonely Widow (vv. 1-11)
Jerusalem Laments her Condition (vv. 12-17)
No sorrow like what experiencing (v. 12)
Overtaken by those more powerful (v. 14)
Eyes overflow with tears (v. 16)
Cry, but no help (v. 17)<br>
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The Suffering of Jerusalem (1)
Like a Lonely Widow (vv. 1-11)
Jerusalem Laments her Condition (vv. 12-17)
Appeal to the Righteousness of God (vv. 18-22)
God is righteous (v. 18)
We have rebelled (vv. 18-20)
Let the wickedness of our enemy come before you (v.22)<br>
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God’s Anger against Jerusalem (2)
Jerusalem is Covered with Cloud of God’s Anger (vv. 1-10)
God’s anger, fury, and indignation is poured out (vv. 3, 4, 6)
Anger brought destruction (vv. 2-9)
Now Jerusalem weeps (v. 10)<br>
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God’s Anger against Jerusalem (2)
Jerusalem is Covered with Cloud of God’s Anger (vv. 1-10)
No Comfort can be Found (vv. 11-17)
Eyes fail with tears (v. 11)
Who will comfort (v. 13)?
Prophets are no help (v. 14)
Other nations ridicule (vv. 15-16)
Lord did what he said (v. 17)<br>
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God’s Anger against Jerusalem (2)
Jerusalem is Covered with Cloud of God’s Anger (vv. 1-10)
No Comfort can be Found (vv. 11-17)
Plea for Mercy (vv. 18-22)
Only the Lord can help – plea to him (vv. 18-19)
Plea for mercy on a suffering nation (vv. 20-22)<br>
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The Prophet’s Suffering and Plea (3)
Jeremiah’s Suffering (vv. 1-18)
Feels alone (vv. 1-3)
Hurts (vv. 4-6)
Suffering and can’t escape (vv. 7-9)
Feels ambushed (vv. 10-15)
Peace and strength are gone (vv. 16-18)<br>
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The Prophet’s Suffering and Plea (3)
Jeremiah’s Suffering (vv. 1-18)
Hope is in the Lord (vv. 19-39)
Remember and thus have hope (v. 21)
God is faithful (v. 23)
Lord blesses those who severe him (v. 25)
Problem was not caused by the Lord (vv. 32-33)
Lord controls all (v. 37)
God is fair when he punishes (v. 39)<br>
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The Prophet’s Suffering and Plea (3)
Jeremiah’s Suffering (vv. 1-18)
Hope is in the Lord (vv. 19-39)
Plea to Jerusalem to Repent (vv. 40-47)
Turn back to the Lord (vv. 40-42)
Sin separates from God (vv. 43-47)<br>
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The Prophet’s Suffering and Plea (3)
Jeremiah’s Suffering (vv. 1-18)
Hope is in the Lord (vv. 19-39)
Plea to Jerusalem to Repent (vv. 40-47)
Plea to the Lord for Deliverance (vv. 48-66)
Overwhelmed with sorrow (vv. 48-54)
Plea to punish the enemy (vv. 55-66)<br>
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The Siege on Jerusalem and its Cause (4)
Suffering During the Siege (vv. 1-10)
Like gold tarnished and becomes like clay pot (vv. 1-2)
Extreme hunger (vv. 3-4)
Had lived in luxury now welcome ash heaps (v. 5)
Worse that suffering of Sodom (v. 6)
The healthy now like they are nearly dead (vv. 7-8)
Painful death (v. 9)
Eating own (v. 10)<br>
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The Siege on Jerusalem and its Cause (4)
Suffering During the Siege (vv. 1-10)
Sin is the Reason
Leaders lead them astray (v. 13)
Lost respect for God’s leaders (v. 16)
Rejected God and put confidence in man (v. 17)
Sinned (v. 17)
Edom will face same punishment (vv. 21-22)<br>
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Prayer for Restoration (5)
Asks the Lord to Remember What has Happened (vv. 1-18)
How tragic the suffering is (vv. 1-14)
Reason: we have sinned (vv. 15-18)
Asks the Lord to Renew the Days of Old (vv. 19-22)<br>
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Lamentations
Chapters 1-5 Lessons Learned God’s warnings come true
Consequences of sin – bring on self
Consequences of sin are great<br>
