Did You Know This About Lamentations?

[111 words]

Jeremiah, the writer of Lamentations, was known as the “Weeping Prophet.” This book expresses deep grief over the destruction of Jerusalem in 586 BC by the Babylonians. 

Lamentations consists of five poems, each one laid out in acrostic fashion. Jeremiah begins each poem with the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet, and works through each of the 22 letters.

Even in the midst of crying over Jerusalem, a key verse in Lamentations exclaims, 

“Through the Lord’s mercies we are not consumed,
Because His compassions fail not.

They are new every morning;
Great is Your faithfulness.

“The Lord is my portion,” says my soul,
“Therefore I hope in Him!” (Lam. 3:22-24).

Matt Clifton
Fast Bible Facts podcast
on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts