UNKNOWN (Jeremiah) around 586 BC
From Babylonian
Dirge Poem (Lament)
to express the despair of the Jew over the loss of their land, city and temple.
Key Verse: Lamentations 3:22-23 It is of the LORD’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.
1 Sorrows of Captives
2 Anger with Jerusalem
3 Hope and Mercy
4 Punishment
5 Restoration
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