Lamentations
Old Testament · Major Prophets · 5 chapter studies + Introduction
Read Lamentations in canonical sequence.
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- Intro Lamentations - General Introduction Lamentations gives grief a voice before God: Jerusalem's tears become confession, intercession, and a plea for the mercy fulfilled in Christ.
- 1 Lamentations 1 - Lonely Jerusalem Jerusalem's lonely cry becomes confession and intercession, teaching us to face sin truthfully and carry another's sorrow before Christ.
- 2 Lamentations 2 - The Lord's judgment and tears Ruined worship and hungry children expose false reassurance; Zion learns to pour out her heart and rejoice before God through the night.
- 3 Lamentations 3 - Mercy in the middle of affliction The afflicted man recalls unexhausted mercies, turns toward repentance, and cries from the pit to the God whose answer comes near in Christ.
- 4 Lamentations 4 - Tarnished gold and the anointed Lord Tarnished gold, failed leaders, and a captured king lead us to Christ, whose suffering body becomes shelter for the nations.
- 5 Lamentations 5 - Turn us, O Lord A wounded people bring their losses and their own sins before God's enduring throne, asking for the grace to return while the book's final cry remains open.