Study 5 From the Book of
Lamentations is: Lamentations 5
With this lesson, we end the
book of Lamentations. Tomorrow, we will delve into the book of Philippians.
1.
How
would you infer from this chapter that it was written some time after Jerusalem
had fallen? How would you sum up the
conditions in the land? How does this
chapter illustrate what is said in Heb. 12:11? Contrast the present disposition
of the people with what they formerly said (Je. 5:11, 12; 18:18). What did they still lack?
2.
With
verse 16, cf. Je.13:18, and with verse 21, Je. 31:18. Consider how much God’s
word spoken before through Jeremiah meant to the people at such a time. Cf. Jn. 13:19; 14:29; 16:4
Note. Verse 9. A reference
to the danger of attack from desert robbers when the people ventured out to
reap the harvest.
