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but remnant disobeys, and flees to Egypt. For their defiance, God promises annihilation. Judah’s ruin
brings great loss to God (40-45).

Sentence Coming (46-51) In accord with God’s call, Jeremiah is also a prophet to the nations. With a
message of judgment for Egypt, Philistia, Moab, Ammon, Edom, Syria, Kedar-Hazor, Elam and Babylon,
God rebukes their pride, but for a few, surprisingly, He also foretells restoration. In the end, Israel’s
Redeemer will repay Babylon’s pride with utter ruin, restore Israel’s fortune, renew relationship with a
new covenant

The Book of Jeremiah

Lamentations

Author: unknown, often ascribed to Jeremiah (LXX) Date: mid to late 6th c. B.C.
(after Jerusalem’s destruction)

Form: Acrostic (complete despair)

Theme: Darkest Hour in Israel’s History

Message: Because of continued sin, YHWH brought His people/city to complete ruin. Despite His silence,
His people still look to Him in hope!

MAIN DIVISIONS
Lament for YHWH’s City (1:1-22) In the wake of its defeat, a lament is sung over Zion (1-11a), by Zion
(11b-22), stressing complete ruin (16x) and no comfort (7x). She has fallen– once a prominent princess,
full of people, now bereaved of her beloved, a slave. (1-3). She is now empty– no pilgrim, no people, and
no princes (4-6). She’s been defeated and disgraced– her precious things taken, her purity defiled (7-
11a). Personified Zion calls on YHWH to see her current condition, lamenting her divinely-inflicted pain

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