A-Z: Books of the Bible
- 1 Chronicles
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A-Z: Books of the Bible: Lamentations
Genre
OT Prophecy (major prophets)Description
5 laments which reflect on the destruction of Jerusalem by the Babylonians in 587BCE, seen through the eyes of one unknown individual.
Big ideas: Exile
Expression of grief. A lament is a literary form used to express grief and sometimes questioning caused by a crisis.
The city on a hill (Mt. Zion) which King David captured and made the capital of Israel. It was the site of the Temple built by Solomon and of the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus. Today it is still a holy city for Jews, Christians and Muslims.
Babylon, the capital city of Babylonia in ancient Mesopotamia (mostly modern Iraq), mentioned some 200 times in the Bible.
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