Lamentations 2 - Introduction

REVIEW OF CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE

1.

Does this chapter reflect a bitterness toward God be cause He has allowed and permitted the destruction of Zion?

2.

In what sense was God responsible for the calamity of 587 B.C.? Lamentations 2:1-10.

3.

What is meant by the phrases daughter of Zion, glory of Israel, and his footstool? Lamentations 2:1.

4.

From what sources would Zion not find healing? Lamentations 2:13-16.

5.

What is the poet encouraging his people to do in Lamentations 2:17-19?

6.

What arguments does the prophet present in Lamentations 2:20-22 to influence God to aid His distressed people?