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 Interesting Questions, Facts, and Information
 Lamentations
Tears. The book of Lamentations has 5 chapters, 154 verses, and 3,415 words. It was written in 586 B.C. Lamentations is known as the book of tears because it is about mourning a city that was destroyed.
Jeremiah. Lamentations is known as the personal testimony of Jeremiah written in the three months before he was kidnapped and sent to Egypt. Jeremiah was a court official under King Jehoiachin.
| In Lamentations 1:1 it is written, "How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people! how is she become as a widow! she that was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary!" What city does the verse refer to? | The Book of Lamentations
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Jerusalem. Jerusalem was conquered by King Nebuchadnezzar and King Solomon's temple was burned to the ground. Lamentations 1:17 refers to Jerusalem as a "menstruous woman".
Lie on the grounds of the street. Lamentations 2:20 states that the priests were killed in their sanctuaries and Lamentations 2:21 states that the men and virgins were killed by the sword.
| Chapter 3 of Lamentations gives the title of a "great" and well-known hymn. What is the name of this 1923 hymn? | The Book of Lamentations
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Great Is Thy Faithfulness. Lamentations 3:22-23 states, "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". In 1923, Thomas Chisholm turned that verse into a Christian hymn and made it the unofficial hymn of Moody Bible Institute.
| Lamentations 4:21 states, ("Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, that dwellest in the land of _____; the cup also shall pass through unto thee: thou shalt be drunken, and shalt make thyself naked.") Where does the daughter of Edom live? | The Book of Lamentations
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Uz. The land of Uz is named after Abraham's grandson and is the home of Job and his family. It is located southeast of Palestine and continues to the Euphrates river. Uz is also known as the land of Edom.
By their hands. Lamentations 5:11-12, states that that women in Zion and maids in Judah were assaulted, the princes were hung by their hands, and the elders were shamed.
Three. Lamentations 3:1-66 is Jeremiah's cry to God and is the longest chapter in the book of Lamentations.
No. There is no official record of Jeremiah's death.
No. The first word of Lamentations is 'how' and the last word is 'us'.
| What does Jeremiah say has gone into captivity in verse 1:3? | Lamentations
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Judah. Lamentations 1:3 "Judah is gone into captivity because of affliction, and because of great servitude: she dwelleth among the heathen, she findeth no rest: all her persecutors overtook her between the straits."
Judah was conquered by the Babylonians. Jeremiah was very grieved by this event.
The enemy prevailed.. Lamentations 1:16: "For these things I weep; mine eye, mine eye runneth down with water, because the comforter that should relieve my soul is far from me: my children are desolate, because the enemy prevailed."
When Jeremiah talks of children, he is not just referring to people who are not adults. "Children" refers to the children of God.
| What emotion is described in the first verse of Chapter 2? | Lamentations
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anger. Lamentations 2:1 "How hath the Lord covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in his anger, and cast down from heaven unto the earth the beauty of Israel, and remembered not his footstool in the day of his anger!"
God is angry because the people of Israel have not been obeying him.
| What has happened to Jeremiah's flesh and skin in chapter 3? | Lamentations
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He has become old.. Lamentations 3:4 "Flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones."
I could not find an age for Jeremiah, but according to SimpleBiblestudies.com, Jeremiah became a prophet at age 14 and continued for 40 years.
| What does Jeremiah say the people should wait for in Lamentations 3:26? | Lamentations
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the salvation of the Lord. Lamentations 3:26 "It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord."
This is a prophetic verse according to the Christian religion. He tells them to wait for salvation. Today, Christians believe that we do not have to wait to be saved because Jesus has already come to earth, so today we don't have to wait for it, we just have to accept it.
ostrich. Lamentations 4:3 "Even the sea monsters draw out the breast, they give suck to their young ones: the daughter of my people is become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness."
According to wikipedia.com, ostrich parents will fight other ostrich parents in the wilderness and the winner gets both ostriches' young. Taking another's young seems cruel, so this might be an example of how the ostrich can be cruel in the wilderness.
| What does he say is purer than snow in Lamentations 4:7? | Lamentations
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Her Nazarites. Lamentations 4:7 "Her Nazarites were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk, they were more ruddy in body than rubies, their polishing was of sapphire."
Nazarite comes from the Hebrew word "nazir" which means "consecrated" or "separated" according to wikipedia.com.
| According to Lamentations 5:9 was it hard for them to get bread? | Lamentations
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Yes. Lamentations 5:9 "We gat our bread with the peril of our lives because of the sword of the wilderness."
Peril means danger; everything has gone bad because of their disobedience toward God.
| Who was being hanged according to Lamentations 5:12? | Lamentations
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princes. Lamentations 5:12 "Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured."
Again, this verse shows all the trouble Israel is facing because of its disobedience to God.
| What is the last word of Lamentations in the King James Version? | Lamentations
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us. Lamentations 5:22 "But thou hast utterly rejected us; thou art very wroth against us."
I hope you enjoyed this quiz. The next one will be on Ezekiel.
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