Lamentations

• Lam )- ” Author Jeremiah “-  After fall of Jerusalem ( about 586 B.C. ).

• Jesus in this book- “ Jesus our daily mercy "

• Point of book- To show to disobey God is a disaster; Thought of to be written in Old Jewish funeral songs; Contains 5 poems, which represents the 5 chapters.

• Chapters- ( 1 )- Jeremiah mourns for Jerusalem; ( 2 )- God’s anger at sin; ( 3 )- Hope in the midst of affliction; ( 4 )- God’s anger is satisfied; ( 5 )- Jeremiah pleads of restoration;

• highlights- ( Lam 1 )- Jeremiah mourns for Jerusalem; ( Lam 2 )- God’s anger at sin; ( Lam 3 )- Hope in midst of affliction; ( Lam 3:22-23 )- Lord’s mercies, compassion’s, renewed every mourning; ( Lam 3:40 )- we have searched our ways, and turned again to the Lord; ( Lam 4 )- God’s anger satisfied; ( Lam 5 )- Jeremiah pleads for restoration;