Lamentations 2 : 17, “The LORD has done what he planned; he has fulfilled his word, which he decreed long ago. He has overthrown you without pity, he has let the enemy gloat over you, he has exalted the horn of your foes.”
Lamentations 3 : 22 – 23, “Because of the LORD’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.”
Lamentations 5 : 19 – 22, “You, O LORD, reign forever; your throne endures from generation to generation. Why do you always forget us? Why do you forsake us so long? Restore us to yourself, O LORD, that we may return; renew our days as of old unless you have utterly rejected us and are angry with us beyond measure.”
The Book of Lamentations is divided into five chapters. Each chapter represents a separate poem. In the original Hebrew of chapters 1, 2, and 4, the verses are acrostic, each verse starting with a succeeding letter of the Hebrew alphabet. Chapter 3 is a triple acrostic, with the poem arranged in three-line stanzas—each line in each triplet starts with the same Hebrew letter. In the book of Lamentations, the prophet Jeremiah understands that the Babylonians were God’s tool for bringing judgment on Jerusalem (Lamentations 1 : 12 – 15; chapter 2 : 1 – 8; chapter 4 : 11). Lamentations makes it clear that sin and rebellion were the causes of God’s wrath being poured out (1 : 8 – 9; 4 : 13; 5 : 16). Lamenting is appropriate in a time of distress, but it should quickly give way to contrition and repentance (Lamentations 3 : 40 – 42; 5 : 21 – 22).
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