Lamentations
I. |The first lamentation—a lamentation over the desolation of the holy city—1:1-22A. |Her distressing circumstances—vv.|1-11B. |Her entreating the sympathy of the passers-by—vv.|12-19C. |Her prayer to Jehovah—vv.|20-22II. |The second lamentation—a lamentation over the destruction of the holy city—2:1-22A. |Jehovah the Lord's destruction of the holy city—vv.|1-10B. |The prophet's lament—vv.|11-19C. |Her prayer to Jehovah—vv.|20-22III. |The third lamentation—a lamentation over the afflicted prophet identified with his punished people—3:1-66A. |The prophet's (representing his people's) affliction—vv.|1-20B. |The prophet's (representing his people's) hope—vv.|21-39C. |The prophet's request to his people—vv.|40-54D. |The prophet's (representing his people's) prayer to Jehovah—vv.|55-66IV. |The fourth lamentation—a lamentation over the punished people—4:1-22A. |Afflicted with the lack of food in their siege—vv.|1-10B. |Consumed by the burning anger of Jehovah's wrath—vv.|11-20C. |Their hope in the future—vv.|21-22V. |The fifth lamentation—a lamentation as a prayer for the holy people as the conclusion of the fourth lamentation—5:1-22Outline of Lamentations
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