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Outline of Lamentations1I. LAMENTATIONS 1     A. Complaint made to God and request for his mercy 11-11     B. Complaint made to friends 112-17     C. compendium to God 118-22II. LAMENTATIONS 2     A. Anger of God as the cause 21-9     B. Sorrow of Zions children 2 10-19      C. Complaint is made to God 2 20-22III. LAMENTATIONS 3     A. Gods displeasure and the fruits of it 31-20     B. Words of comfort to Gods people 321-36     C. Duty prescribed in this discomfit state 337-41     D. The complaint renewed 342-54     E. Hope in God and to wait for his salvation 355-66 IV. LAMENTATIONS 4     A. Injuries and indignities done to those who used to be respected 41, 2     B. Effects of the famine by the siege 43-10   &nb sp C. Sacking of Jerusalem 411, 12     D. Acknowledges the sins 413-16     E. Gives up both as doomed to utter ruin 417-20     F. Foretells the destruction of Edomites 421, 22V. LAMENTATIONS 5     A. Representation of the present calamitous state of Gods people in their captivity 51-16     B. Protestation of their concern for Gods sanctuary 517, 18     C. Supplication to God and expostulation with him for bring back of mercy 519-22.          Lamentations, written by the prophet Jeremiah, is a poem mourning the passing of Judah by the Babylonians in 586 B.C.E. (Bailey, 82) through siege and battle. Prior to the destruction, Jeremiah had warned or rather prophesized that Judah must change its ways or suffer the consequence of the Lords wrath. Before the Babylonians destroy the city of Jerusalem, Jeremiah warns the people to live by the laws of Babylon and even wrote the specimen down to be presented to the people and even to the King. The King, who was placed on the throne by Egypt, in anger, burns the paper and has Jeremiah thrown in jail. While in Jail, Jeremiah conti... ...usalem that they sought prophets who would tell them that they were doing good, and to ignore the wrongs that they were committing. He tells them in a blunt manner as one who had the authority to, which leaves one to believe that this man was non above lecturing and berating his people when they did wrong. Instead he let them have it sort of like a father who doesnt just visit but teaches by pointing out the mistakes made. In this verse I saw Jeremiah as a stern father figure as well as a prophet. BibliographyBailey Lloyd. Jeremiah, The New Book of Knowledge, Grolier Incorporated, 1998.Beza, Theodore. Commentary on Lamentations, The 1599 Geneva Study Bible. www.biblestudytools.netHenry, Matthew. Matthew Henry, A Commentary on The Whole Bible Volume 4 Isaiah to Malachi, former(a) Tappan New Jersey, Flemming H. Revell Publishers 1981.Scofield, C.I. The New Scofield Study Bible, New York, Oxford University Press, 1967Mears, Henretta C. What the Bible is All About, Minneapolis, MN, World Wide PublicationsCarol L. Meyers, "Lamentations," World Book Online Americas Edition, www.aolsvc.worldbook.aol.com/wbol/wbPage/na/ar/co/310820, January 1, 2002.