Old Testament · Major Prophets

Lamentations

Written by Traditionally Jeremiah. Written for People sitting in the ruins of Jerusalem.

Big picture in three sentences

Lamentations is a funeral poem for a fallen city.

The writer does not pretend the sadness is small.

In the middle chapter he remembers that the Lord's mercy is new every morning.

The book is written as careful poems, several of them in the shape of the Hebrew alphabet.

Key verse · Lamentations 3:22

“It is because of Yahweh’s loving kindnesses that we are not consumed, because his compassion doesn’t fail.”