Lamentations 4 - Introduction

REVIEW OF CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE

1.

Judged according to form, to what other chapter in Lamentations does chapter 4 most nearly correspond?

2.

Why did Jeremiah compare his people to an ostrich? Lamentations 4:3.

3.

In what respect was the punishment of Zion greater than that of Sodom? Lamentations 4:6.

4.

What is the evidence of the severity of the famine in Jerusalem?

5.

What was the attitude of the poet toward priests and prophets? Lamentations 4:13.

6.

What was the nation to which Zion looked for help in her desperate hour? Lamentations 4:17.

7.

To whom is the poet referring in Lamentations 4:20?

8.

Why is Edom told to rejoice over the fate of Zion? Lamentations 4:21.

9.

What is the contrast between the future of Zion and the future of Edom? Lamentations 4:22.