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Lamentations 5
 Lamentation over the Dead Christ (detail) - (c. 1495) Sandro Botticelli (c. 1445 - 1510) Renaissance Style Museo Poldi Pezzoli, Milan, Italy Image Source: Web Gallery of Art [ Illustration: Today's painting depicts the form of grief known as denial and isolation, as explained below. ] SPECIAL NOTE: [ I will again be working through the Scriptures from Genesis to Revelation. I will be adding links, resources, images, and the like, upgrading the former work-through which began with the 2013-10-12 posting which can be found, along with the full Genesis to Revelation postings, in the Archive Page. Postings will be at midnight Eastern Time, as I am able. However, no chapters will be skipped, even though a posting may be late. And all postings will be housed in the Archive Page. ] The Book of Lamentations Overview: Lamentations is a series of 5 poems lamenting the final fall of Jerusalem to the Babylonians in about 586 B.C. The first four chapters are acrostic poems. The fifth chapter is a non-acrostic poem. Each chapter has 22 verses except for chapter 3 which has 66 verses, consisting of 22 triplet acrostics. The first chapter follows the normal alphabetic order; but chapters 2-4 have a reversal of letter number 16 (called "Ayin") with number 17 ( called "Pe") -- (i.e., the order is Pe, Ayin in chapters 2, 3, and 4). Tradition holds that Jeremiah is the author, and the content of the book is consistent with Jeremiah's style in the Book of Jeremiah - particularly his use of poetry, laments, and variations of speakers (where he speaks, the people speak, and the LORD speaks, often without formal introduction - discernible by context - which is a device used by other prophets and poets in Scripture). For purposes of illustration, I've analyzed the chapters for major components of the mourning process in accord with "The Five Stages of Grief," as well as for content. NOTE: David Dorsey has analyzed Lamentations chiastically. (A chiastic structure is one in which elements in the first part repeat in reverse order in the second part). Key divisions are indicated by changes in speakers. This pattern is also noted below in a modified form in my analysis. Dorsey's analysis is described in The Literary Structure of the Old Testament, David A. Dorsey, 1999, pp. 246-252. Explanation: Denial and Isolation. In Lamentations 5, the prevailing tone is a feeling of isolation, particularly the last verse: "But you have utterly rejected us; you are very wrathful against us." This is denial in the sense that the poet is attempting to deny to himself that the LORD has rejected his people in spite of overwhelming evidence to the contrary; and he is trying to ward-off the continued destruction by pleading with the LORD. I've chosen the illustration above for this aspect of grieving because it depicts a woman so overcome by grief that she tries to hide from it physically by shutting herself within her garment. For Jeremiah the shutting out (denial) is more of a mental and spiritual withdrawal. Jeremiah begins this attempt at denial by asking the LORD to consider what had come upon his people and to behold their reproach (1). Their inheritance had been given to strangers; their families were fractured; they had to buy water and wood (2-4). They labor without rest and must submit to Egypt and Assyria to get food (5-6). They bear the sins of their fathers; servants rule them; no one delivers them (7-8). They got food at the peril of their life; their skin is black from famine (9-10). Their enemies raped their women, hung their princes by the hand, and put young and old to hard labor (11-13). The elders were removed from power; music ceased; joy ceased; dancing turned to morning; the crown fell from their head -- all because they sinned (14-16). Therefore their heart faints, and their eyes are dim, and foxes roam in desolations of Zion (17-18). So Jeremiah concludes the chapter and the book with a prayer asking the LORD, who remains forever, not to forget them forever; and he pleads with him to turn their hearts to him and renew them unless he has utterly rejected them (19-22). [ Sermons: William Still. Richard Pratt. Various. ] Bible Chronologies -- Genesis to Revelation [Traditional Patriarchal Chronology. Judges Period Chronology 1. Judges Period Chronology 2. Kings of Judah and Israel #1. Kings of Judah and Israel #2]. [Intertestamental Period Chronology 1. Intertestamental Period Chronology 2. Intertestamental Period Chronology 3. Intertestamental Period Chronology 4. Intertestamental Period Chronology 5.] [New Testament Chronology 1. New Testament Chronology 2. New Testament Chronology 3. New Testament Chronology 4. New Testament Chronology 5.] RESOURCES PLEASE NOTE: Use the resources on this and other sites thoughtfully, particularly the commentaries and encyclopedias. I have attempted to list conservative, scholarly resources. However, some providers use liberal or liberal-influenced commentaries such as the Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (in Bible Hub). Such commentaries are undoubtedly included by the provider for the wealth of useful information and comments which they provide. By consulting several commentaries, it should be fairly easy to sort out the wheat from the chaff. If, however, you would like personal assistance, write to me at AD LIB ARTS EMAIL. [ THEMATICALLY AND CHRONOLOGICALLY RELATED SCRIPTURES: Lamentations 5: Lamentations 1. Lamentations 2. Lamentations 3. Lamentations 4. Lamentations 5. ] [1] Lamentations 1:20; Lamentations 2:20; Lamentations 3:19. [2] Jeremiah 3:13. [3] Exodus 22:24. [4] Deuteronomy 28:48. [5] Lamentations 1:14; Lamentations 4:19; Deuteronomy 28:48, 65-66. [6] Jeremiah 1:15; Jeremiah 2:18; Ezra 6:22; Jeremiah 42:14. [7] Jeremiah 31:29; Ezekiel 18:2; Lamentations 5:16. [8] Jeremiah 39:3. [9] Jeremiah 40:14. [10] Lamentations 4:8. [11] Deuteronomy 28:30; Isaiah 13:16; Zechariah 14:2. [12] 1 Samuel 31:10-12. [13] Isaiah 47:2. [14] Ruth 4:1; Joshua 20:4; Job 29:7; Proverbs 31:23. [15] Amos 8:10. [16] Lamentations 1:1; Psalm 89:39. [17] Lamentations 5:8-15. [18] Psalm 63:10. [19] Psalm 102:12. [20] Psalm 13:1; Jeremiah 14:19-21. [21] 1 Kings 18:37; Jeremiah 31:18. [22] Psalm 44:9. -- From Treasury of Scripture Knowledge & Others ] [ CHRONOLOGY: GENERAL. Patriarchs (Traditional). Judges # 1. Judges # 2. Kings # 1. Kings # 2. Prophets # 1. Prophets # 2. NT # 1. NT # 2. NT # 3. ] [ MAPS: Maps # 1. Maps # 2. Maps # 3. Maps # 4. Maps # 5. ] [ COMMENTARIES, ETC: GENERAL: Bible Study Tools; Bible Hub: Study Light; Blue Letter Bible // PSALMS: Monergism: Precept Austin: The Treasury of David; John Gill; John Calvin - Volumes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5] [ MUSIC: GENERAL: The Cyber Hymnal // PSALMS: Genevan Psalter (Instrumental). PROVERBS: Book of Proverbs. ECCLESIASTES: Book of Ecclesiastes Dramatized. SONG OF SOLOMON: Song of Solomon Dramatized. ISAIAH: Isaiah Dramatized. JEREMIAH: Jeremiah Dramatized. LAMENTATIONS: Lamentations Dramatized. VARIOUS ARTISTS: Micha'el Ben David. Sons of Korah. Fernando Ortega. Janet Isaac Morrison. Music of the Bible Revealed - Suzanne Haik-Vantoura. Dr. David Erb. Gregorian Chants. ] HARMONY OF THE LAW GOSPEL HARMONIES Gospel Harmony - Summary | The Harmony of the Gospels - Augustine | Gospel Harmony Chart - Online Bible Greek Harmony of the Gospels - Robertson - (Downloadable PDF) | Gospel Harmony in English - Robertson - (Downloadable PDF) HEBREW AND GREEK INTERLINEAR BIBLES Lamentations Detailed Outline (JEREMIAH, ISRAEL, & GOD MOURN UNDER THE COVENANT CURSES) Lamentations 5 Map 1: Bible Nations | Map 2: Empire of David and Solomon Map 3: Kingdoms of Judah and Israel | Post Exile Chronology. Lamentation 5: The Plea for Mercy in the Midst of Wrath (Lam 5:1 - Lam 5:22) - 586 B.C. Israel A. Overwhelming Affliction (5:1-6) 1 Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach. 2 Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens. 3 We are orphans and fatherless [and nothing of a father], our mothers are as widows. 4 We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold [comes with a price] unto us. 5 Our necks are under persecution: we labour, and have no rest. 6 We have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread. B. Affliction for the Sin and Iniquity of Their Fathers (5:7) C. Wrongful Affliction from their Persecutors (5:8-15) 8 Servants have ruled over us: there is none deliver us out of their hand. 9 We gat our bread with the peril of our lives because of [from the face of] the sword of the wilderness. 10 Our skin was black like an oven because of [from the face of] the terrible famine. 11 They ravished the women in Zion, and the maids in the cities of Judah. 12 Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured. 13 They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood. 14 The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick. 15 The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning. D. Affliction for their Sin (5:16-18) 16 The crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned! 17 For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dim. 18 Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it. E. A Plea for Mercy in the Midst of their Affliction (5:19-21) 19 Thou, O LORD, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to generation. 20 Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time [to length of days?] 21 Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old. F. Rejection by the LORD (5:22) 22 But thou hast utterly rejected us [spurning you spurned us]; thou art very wroth [you are wrathful very exceedingly] against us.
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