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HOW COULD?

Lamentations 1: 1 - 2: 22

23 Jul 2023

Questionnaire


HOW COULD?

Lamentations 1-2

  1. Describe the situation of Jerusalem. (1:1-7,10-11,19; 2:9-13,20; 5:11)
  2. How did her enemies respond to her situation? (1:7,12,21,22; 2:15-16) How about Jeremiah? (1:13,16,20; 2:11) How should we respond to others’ tragedies? (Lk 19:41; Eze 33:11; Prov 24:17-18)
  3. Why did such things happen to the LORD’s people? (1:8-9,14; 2:14; Prov 11:21; Dt 28:52-57,64-67)
  4. Who did all these things to them? (1:15,17; 2:1-8,17) Yet, what does Jeremiah admit? (1:18)
  5. What did Jeremiah ask them to do in the situation? (2:18-19) What did he do? (1:9,11,20; 2:20-22)
  6. In what sense is the situation of Jerusalem a glimpse of the final judgment of the LORD? (Ro 1:18) How did Jesus’ crucifixion fulfill the LORD’s justice and righteousness for us?


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