In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He [Jesus Christ -Yeshua]
was in the beginning with God.
LAMENTATIONS
The Book of Lamentation is the third of the five books of the
Major
Prophets in the Old Testament. It is the expression of Jeremiah’s
lamentations over Jerusalem’s destruction by the Babylonians. In the
book of Jeremiah, he warned Judah that God would judge the nation for
its disobedience unless the people repented. He prophesied that
Jerusalem would be destroyed and that Judah would fall into Babylonian
captivity for seventy years. God demonstrated His love and patience by
waiting forty years for repentance before finally bringing judgment
Lamentations was written shortly after Jerusalem’s destruction. It
reflects the sorrowful passions of Jeremiah as he witnessed God’s
righteous and holy judgment on Judah for her unrepentant sins. In the
midst of his sorrows, Jeremiah knew in his heart that God is merciful
and would restore His people in the future because of His new covenant
with Israel. Jeremiah’s poetic requiem is divided into five elements:
the desolation of Jerusalem, God’s righteous anger, Jeremiah’s hope for
mercy, the besieged city of Jerusalem, and Jeremiah’s prayer for
Israel’s restoration.
God’s judgment for unrighteousness and unrepentant disobedience also
applies to the Gentile nations. Old Testament prophets foretold the
second advent of the Messiah in which Jesus Christ will return to earth
to restore Israel unto Himself for eternity and to judge the nations for
their rejection of Christ.
Lamentations 1: The desolation of Jerusalem
Lamentations 2: The righteous wrath of God
Lamentations 3: Jeremiah’s hope and prayer for God’s mercy
Lamentations 4: The siege of Jerusalem
Lamentations 5: Jeremiah’s prayer for Israel’s restoration