UNDERSTANDING LAMENTATIONS | VITAL STATISTICS
0. Introduction
a) The Bible Book Introductions are divided into 4 parts (Overview, Vital Statistics, Blueprint, Mega-themes) for easy-to-understand.
1. Vital Statistics
@1. Purpose:
a) To teach people that to disobey God is to invite disaster, and to show that God suffers when his people suffer.
@2. Author:
a) Jeremiah.
@3. Date Written:
a) Soon after the falloff Jerusalem.
@4. Setting:
a) Jerusalem had been destroyed by Babylon and her people killed, tortured, or taken captive.
@5. Key Verse:
a) 11 My eyes fail with tears, My heart is troubled; My bile is poured on the ground, Because of the destruction of the daughter of my people, Because the children and the infants, Faint in the streets of the city. (Lamentations 2:11 NKJV)
@6. Key People:
a) Jeremiah, the people of Jerusalem.
@7. Key Places:
a) Jerusalem.
@8. Special Features:
a) Three strands of Hebrew thought meet in Lamentations -prophecy, ritual, and wisdom. Lamentations is written in the rhythm and style of ancient Jewish funeral songs or chants. It contains five poems corresponding to the five chapters.
a) The Bible Book Introductions are divided into 4 parts (Overview, Vital Statistics, Blueprint, Mega-themes) for easy-to-understand.
1. Vital Statistics
@1. Purpose:
a) To teach people that to disobey God is to invite disaster, and to show that God suffers when his people suffer.
@2. Author:
a) Jeremiah.
@3. Date Written:
a) Soon after the falloff Jerusalem.
@4. Setting:
a) Jerusalem had been destroyed by Babylon and her people killed, tortured, or taken captive.
@5. Key Verse:
a) 11 My eyes fail with tears, My heart is troubled; My bile is poured on the ground, Because of the destruction of the daughter of my people, Because the children and the infants, Faint in the streets of the city. (Lamentations 2:11 NKJV)
@6. Key People:
a) Jeremiah, the people of Jerusalem.
@7. Key Places:
a) Jerusalem.
@8. Special Features:
a) Three strands of Hebrew thought meet in Lamentations -prophecy, ritual, and wisdom. Lamentations is written in the rhythm and style of ancient Jewish funeral songs or chants. It contains five poems corresponding to the five chapters.
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