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Lamentations Bible Study Guide

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Lamentations overview

Poetry / Major Prophet

Lamentations — Grief After Jerusalem's Fall

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Old Testament
Biblical periodExile, lament, and foreign rule

Jerusalem falls, God's people grieve and live under foreign rule, and prophetic hope looks beyond judgment.

Book passageLamentations 1-5
WriterThe book is anonymous; it has long been traditionally associated with Jeremiah.
AudienceThe grieving covenant community after Jerusalem's fall.
Ruling powers / settingBabylon stands behind the destruction and exile being lamented.

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Lamentations 1:12Lamentations 1:18Lamentations 2:17Lamentations 3:21-24Lamentations 3:31-33Lamentations 3:40-42Lamentations 4:11-13Lamentations 5:1Lamentations 5:19Lamentations 5:21

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