 Lamentations 1 - 5 Questions and Answers |
| Q. What does Lamentations mean in Hebrew? | A. Jeremiah notes = How (i.e., How could you not repent?, etc.) |
| Q. When was Lamentations written? | A. Lamentations notes = 586 B.C., right before Jerusalem's destruction. |
| Q. What is this book about? | A. Lamentations 1:1 = Sadness for the ruin of Jerusalem at the hands of Babylon. |
| Q. Why did this happen? | A. Lamentations 1:5 = As punishment from God for unrepentant, continual sin (cf. 3:1) |
| Q. Why should I stay hopeful in bitter circumstances? |
A. Lamentations 3:19-24 = 1) I'm still alive! 2) God's faithfulness is great 3) God's mercies begin fresh every day 4) God is my inheritance. |
| Q. When I go through a trial, how should I behave? |
A. Lamentations 3:25:26 = As quietly waiting for the Lord to save me in it. Note: This requires a reminder! All trials end, so endure them with dignity! |
| Q. What results when folks endure the yoke of God's discipline? | A. Lamentations 3:27-29 = They receive hope. |
| Q. What is humility? | A. Lamentations 3:27-30 = Taking one's discipline for sinning from God publicly, not trying to explain away what's happening to me. |
| Q. How does one endure it? | A. Lamentations 3:31 = Knowing it will be over soon. |
| Q. Why does God not destroy His people for their great sins? | A. Lamentations 3:32 = God is compassionate too. |
| Q. Does God like to punish? | A. Lamentations 3:33 = No! |
| Q. How bad did Jerusalem get? | A. Lamentations 4:6 = Their sins were greater than Sodom's. |
| Q. Does God want us to examine our ways? | A. Lamentations 3:40 = Yes. To discover our idiot sins; to repent of them as a result. |