Zion
The Big Apple. Beantown. The Motor City. Today, lots of cities have cool nicknames. But did you know that people have been giving metaphorical names to their towns since the beginning of time? True...
City of Tears
In Lamentations, the Poet refers over and over again to poor Zion, which has been utterly destroyed:He has broken down his booth like a garden, he has destroyed his tabernacle; the Lord has abolish...
The Widow
Jerusalem is described in Lamentation as a widow. Poor Jerusalem.How like a widow she has become, she that was great among the nations! (1.1)We have become orphans, fatherless; our mothers are like...
Seeing
See what we mean? If Shmoop asks you that, we don't mean it literally. In this case, seeing is all about getting it. Having something in your sight means you can wrap your mind around it easier. We...
Tears
The imagery of tears is the Poet's favorite way of depicting suffering. That, along with wailing and eating children.Tears on Their PillowsSeriously. We're not kidding. This book is quite the cry-m...