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Quoted index: BIBLEBYAUTHORS- Lamentations:

kjv@Lamentations: kjv@AUTHOR: Jeremiah - 600 B.C. - OLD TESTAMENT - Major Prophets

Quoted index: BIBLEBOOKSUMMARY- LAMENTATIONS:

http://www.holybible.com/resources/KJV_DFND/summary.htm:1 Adapted from sources found on www.holybible.com
kjv@Lamentations:1 LAMENTATIONS - Entitled in most English versions The Lamentations of Jeremiah, this book is placed immediately after Jeremiah in the Septuagint, Vulgate and English Bible. In the Hebrew text it is found among the "Writings". In spite of the ancient tradition that Jeremiah was the author, present scholarship is reluctant to accept this view. The book is composed of five poems, lamenting the siege and destruction of Jerusalem (586 B.C.). The poet also makes sincere confession of sin on behalf of the people and leaders, acknowledges complete submission to the will of God, and finally prays that God will once again smile upon His people and restore them to their homeland.


Quoted resource: easton 'Lamentations'

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Lamentations, Book of @ called in the Hebrew canon _'Ekhah_, meaning "How," being the formula for the commencement of a song of wailing. It is the first word of the book (see kjv@2Samuel:1:19-27). The LXX. adopted the name rendered "Lamentations" (Gr. threnoi = Heb. qinoth) now in common use, to denote the character of the book, in which the prophet mourns over the desolations brought on the city and the holy land by Chaldeans. In the Hebrew Bible it is placed among the Khethubim. (See BIBLE.) As to its authorship, there is no room for hesitancy in following the LXX. and the Targum in ascribing it to Jeremiah. The spirit, tone, language, and subject-matter are in accord with the testimony of tradition in assigning it to him. According to tradition, he retired after the destruction of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar to a cavern outside the Damascus gate, where he wrote this book. That cavern is still pointed out. "In the face of a rocky hill, on the western side of the city, the local belief has placed 'the grotto of Jeremiah.' There, in that fixed attitude of grief which Michael Angelo has immortalized, the prophet may well be supposed to have mourned the fall of his country" (Stanley, Jewish Church). The book consists of five separate poems. In chapter 1 the prophet dwells on the manifold miseries oppressed by which the city sits as a solitary widow weeping sorely. In chapter 2 these miseries are described in connection with the national sins that had caused them. Chapter 3 speaks of hope for the people of God. The chastisement would only be for their good; a better day would dawn for them. Chapter 4 laments the ruin and desolation that had come upon the city and temple, but traces it only to the people's sins. Chapter 5 is a prayer that Zion's reproach may be taken away in the repentance and recovery of the people. The first four poems (chapters) are acrostics, like some of the Psalms (25, 34, 37, 119), i.e., each verse begins with a letter of the Hebrew alphabet taken in order. The first, second, and fourth have each twenty-two verses, the number of the letters in the Hebrew alphabet. The third has sixty-six verses, in which each three successive verses begin with the same letter. The fifth is not acrostic. Speaking of the "Wailing-place (q.v.) of the Jews" at Jerusalem, a portion of the old wall of the temple of Solomon, Schaff says: "There the Jews assemble every Friday afternoon to bewail the downfall of the holy city, kissing the stone wall and watering it with their tears. They repeat from their well-worn Hebrew Bibles and prayer-books the Lamentations of Jeremiah and suitable Psalms."

Quoted index: BIBLEBYSTORYLINE- Lamentations:

kjv@Lamentations:1-5 Lamentations- StorylinesOT

Quoted index: BIBLEBYBOOKCHAPTER- Lamentations:

Info pBiblx2 System generated book chapter word character counts alongside most frequent word topic seeker links.
kjv@Lamentations Chapters=5 Verses=154 Words=3411 Chars=18392; 44 LORD 20 DAUGHTER 15 ZION 14 DAY 11 HAND 11 ENEMY 10 ANGER 9 YOUNG 9 HEART 9 CHILDREN 8 SOUL 8 MAN 7 WILL 7 JERUSALEM 7 EYE 6 OLD 5 JUDAH 5 HOPE 5 GROUND 5 EARTH
kjv@Lamentations:1 Verses=22 Words=758 Chars=4195; 10 LORD 4 ENEMY 3 ZION 3 SORROW 3 JERUSALEM 3 HAND 3 DAY 3 COMFORT 3 CAPTIVITY 3 AFFLICTED 2 YOUNG 2 STRENGTH 2 SOUL 2 MEAT 2 LOVERS 2 JUDAH 2 HEATHEN 2 HEART 2 GREAT 2 EYE
kjv@Lamentations:2 Verses=22 Words=883 Chars=4669; 13 LORD 11 DAUGHTER 7 ZION 7 DAY 6 ENEMY 5 GROUND 5 ANGER 4 HAND 3 YOUNG 3 JERUSALEM 3 ISRAEL 3 EARTH 3 CHILDREN 2 TEARS 2 TABERNACLE 2 SANCTUARY 2 PROPHETS 2 PRIEST 2 OLD 2 NIGHT
kjv@Lamentations:3 Verses=66 Words=876 Chars=4637; 15 LORD 7 MAN 5 SOUL 5 HOPE 4 GOOD 4 DAY 4 CAUSE 3 WILL 3 HEART 3 EYE 2 WORMWOOD 2 PRAYER 2 OLD 2 LIFE 2 HIGH 2 GALL 2 FEAR 2 DUNGEON 2 BEAR 2 ANGER
kjv@Lamentations:4 Verses=22 Words=598 Chars=3270; 6 DAUGHTER 4 WILL 3 ZION 3 PUNISHMENT 3 LORD 3 GOLD 2 YOUNG 2 WILDERNESS 2 HEATHEN 2 FINE 2 EDOM 2 CHILDREN 2 BLOOD 2 ANGER 1 WORLD 1 WORK 1 WOMEN 1 UZ 1 UNCLEAN 1 TONGUE
kjv@Lamentations:5 Verses=22 Words=296 Chars=1621; 3 LORD 3 HAND 2 ZION 2 YOUNG 2 HEART 2 BREAD 1 WOMEN 1 WILDERNESS 1 WATER 1 TIME 1 THRONE 1 SWORD 1 STRANGERS 1 SKIN 1 REST 1 PERSECUTION 1 OVEN 1 OLD 1 MOURNING 1 MOUNTAIN

Quoted index: SCRIPTUREBYSUBJECT- Lamentations:

http://www.apostolic-churches.net/bible/sbs Bible Scriptures By Subject - Rodney Qualls/Bible Study Tools
kjv@Lamentations:2:1 anger of god
kjv@Lamentations:2:3 anger of god
kjv@Lamentations:2:6 anger of god
kjv@Lamentations:4:11 anger of god
kjv@Lamentations:1:18 confession of sin
kjv@Lamentations:1:20 confession of sin
kjv@Lamentations:3:40-42 confession of sin
kjv@Lamentations:3:41 heaven dwelling of god
kjv@Lamentations:3:50 heaven dwelling of god
kjv@Lamentations:3:26 patience
kjv@Lamentations:3:31-33 consolation in affliction
kjv@Lamentations:3:57 consolation in affliction

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