Questions tagged [lamentations]
Questions about the book of Lamentations
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Deeper contextual understanding of Lamentations 3:62's "The lips of my assailants and their whispering" or "thoughts" are "are against me all the day"
I might be making much ado about nothing or maybe even asking the obvious here.
However, I'm trying to get a deeper & better contextual understanding of Lamentations 3:62's use of the word "...
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Deeper contextual meaning of (Lam. 2:6) "He has violently treated His tabernacle like a garden booth" metaphor where God's tabernacle is like a garden
I hope I'm Not getting too nitty-gritty or nit-picky or getting bogged down by minor details.
I understand Lamentations 2 describes God's disciplinary actions against The Israelites.
However, I found ...
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What is the significance of the 'postscript' in Lamentations?
What is the meaning and translation of the 'postscript' at the end of the book of Lamentations as is recorded in the Stuttgartensia?
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Significance of Lamentations postscript
What is the meaning and translation of the postscript at the end of the book of Lamentations and was this included in the original autograph?
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Lamentations 1:13: "he turned me back": how does that relate to the rest of the verse?
Lamentations 1:13 NRSVA
From on high he sent fire; it went deep into my bones; he spread a net for my feet; he turned me back; he has left me stunned, faint all day long. -ESVUK
The first and third ...
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Who is "the adversary" in Lamentations?
Lamentations mentions an "adversary" 5 times through the book. Only the book of Psalm has more references to an/the adversary.
All NASB95: Lam 1:5: "...Her little ones have gone away as ...
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What is the best translation for הָרָע֖וֹת in Lamentations 3:38?
Lamentations 3:38
King James Bible
Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good?
New International Version
Is it not from the mouth of the Most High that both calamities and good ...
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Blood as cause for ritual defilement in Lamentations 4:15?
Hebrew in Lamentations 4:14-16 reads:
נָעוּ עִוְרִים בַּחוּצוֹת, נְגֹאֲלוּ בַּדָּם; בְּלֹא יוּכְלוּ,
> יִגְּעוּ בִּלְבֻשֵׁיהֶם. {ס} טו סוּרוּ טָמֵא קָרְאוּ לָמוֹ, סוּרוּ
> סוּרוּ אַל-...
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Does God ordain evil?
Lamentations 3:38 (NASB)
Is it not from the mouth of the Most High that both good and ill go forth?
Does God ordain evil? I understand there are many biblical references which show that He allows it,...
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Why do infants ask for wine in Lamentations 2:12?
Lamentations 2:11-12
My eyes fail from weeping,
I am in torment within;
my heart is poured out on the ground
because my people are destroyed,
because children and infants faint
in the streets of the ...
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In the Lamentations 4:21-22 (LXX), what is the significance of using Ιδουμαίας and then Εδωμ to identify the daughter of Edom?
In Lamentations, the phrase "daughter of Edom" is repeated in consecutive verses:
Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom,
you who dwell in the land of Uz;
but to you also the cup shall pass;...
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In Lamentations 2:8 what does it mean that the LORD has "stretched out a line"?
[Lam 2:8 KJV] (8) The LORD hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion: he hath stretched out a line, he hath not withdrawn his hand from destroying: therefore he made the rampart and ...
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Who is described in Lamentations 4:7-8?
Lamentations 4:7-8 describes the reversal of fortune among some group of people. The NIV has:
Their princes were brighter than snow and whiter than milk
While the KJV has:
Her Nazarites were purer ...
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“His love never ceases” vs. “we are not consumed” in Lamentations 3:22
Lamentations 3:22a
חַֽסְדֵ֤י יְהוָה֙ כִּ֣י לֹא־תָ֔מְנוּ
The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases... (ESV)
ESV footnote: Syriac, Targum; Hebrew Because of the steadfast love of the LORD, we ...
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Does the acrostic structure of Lamentations indicate a composition from 5 separate psalms?
It's not noticeable in many English translations, but Lamentations makes heavy use of the acrostic technique of Hebrew poetry. As a note in the NET Bible mentions:
Chapters 1-4 are arranged in ...
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