SUMMARY OF THE BOOK OF LAMENTATIONS
| BIBLICAL PERIOD | #8 THE ASSYRIAN EXILE OF ISRAEL AND THE BABYLONIAN EXILE OF JUDAH | |||||
| FOCUS | Destruction of Jerusalem | Anger of Yahweh | Petition for Mercy | Siege of Jerusalem | Prayer for Restoration | |
| THE COVENANT | THE SINAI COVENANT [Davidic Covenant] | |||||
| SCRIPTURE | ||||||
| DIVISION | Time of mourning | Cry of the Broken People | Suffering Prophet | Destroyed kingdom | Penitent people | |
| TOPIC | Grief | Cause | Hope | Acknowledgement of sins | Repentance and prayer | |
| LOCATION | JERUSALEM | |||||
| TIME | c. 587-586 BC | |||||