Lamentations Flashcards
Subtitle of Lamentations:
“The Wailing Wall of the Bible”
“Jerusalem’s Funeral”
Theme of Lamentations:
The destruction of Israel’s Capital City of Jerusalem
Main Content of Lamentations:
A Funeral Song Of Jerusalem- It is a reminder that sin, in spite of all its allurement and excitement , carries with its heavy weights of sorrow, grief, misery, bareness, and pain. Its the other side of the “eat, drink, and be merry’ coin
What is the theme of Hosea?
The Prostitution of Israel
What is the theme of Micah?
The Transgression of Israel
What is the theme of Isaiah?
The Salvation of Israel
Who is the author of Lamentations?
Jeremiah
Who is the Weeping Prophet Jeremiah a picture of?
Another Weeping Prophet who would also weep over his same city six centuries later- Christ
When was Jerusalem destroyed?
586 BC
Who were the recipients of Lamentations?
It was written to the captives in Babylon to show that as God had faithfully delivered the Covenant Curses on Israel for their sin, even so, He would faithfully fulfill his promises of Restoration for their repentance.
What is the background of Lamentations?
Tradition says Jeremiah sat weeping outside Jerusalem’s north wall as he wrote this book, under the knoll called Golgotha.
What book is composed of 5 elegies, dirges, or funeral songs, all lamenting the tragic destruction of Jerusalem by the Babylonians?
Lamentations
What Literary form is Lamentations?
An Acrostic
What is an Acrostic?
A different Hebrew letter begins each of the 22 verses in chapters 1, 2, and 4, using each of the 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet successively.
Who was the chief-of-staff of Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar and was instructed to treat Jeremiah with kindness after the fall of Jerusalem?
Nebuzardan
