REVIEW OF CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX 1. In what respect is the fifth chapter of Lamentations different from the previous four Chapter s? 2. What did the inhabitants of Zion have to do in order to secure the necessities of life? Lamentations 5:4-6. 3. Is Lamentations 5:7 a complaint against the injusti... [ Continue Reading ]
CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX A PENITENT NATION Lamentations 5:1-22 The form of the fifth poem differs in at least two respects from the four which precede it. First, this poem is not in the acrostic form. But like Chapter s 1, 2 and 4 it does have twenty-two verses which indicates that these five poems belon... [ Continue Reading ]
II. THE RESTORATION OF ZION REQUESTED Lamentations 5:19-22 TRANSLATION (19) You, O LORD, are enthroned forever! Your throne is from generation to generation. (20) Why have You forgotten us forever, forsaken us for so many days? (21) Turn us, O LORD, unto You that we may return! Renew our days as o... [ Continue Reading ]