LAMENTATIONS

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LAMENTATIONS

• The Book of Sorrow

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Jeremiah 398-9

• The Chaldeans also burned with fire the king's
  palace and the houses of the people, and they
  broke down the walls of Jerusalem. 9 And as for
  the rest of the people who were left in the city,
  the deserters who had gone over to him and

the rest of the people who remained, Nebuzaradan
the captain of the bodyguard carried them into
exile in Babylon.
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National confession of Israels sin
A Prayer in the midst of pain a cry
for restoration
Jeremiahs personal lament closes with a hope
for the future
Jerusalem seen as a a weeping widow in her sorrow
Gods burning anger against sinful Israel
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Lessons from Lamentations

• God is Sovereign over the Events of Men.
• Lamentations 337-38
• Sin brings forth Tragic Consequences.
• Lamentations 515-16
• There is Hope in the Darkness.
• Lamentations 319-23

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