Lamentations Themes

There's no place like home. That wasn't just good advice for Dorothy, it's true for just about everyone. But folks who find themselves in exile are forced from their homes. That's exactly what happ...

According to the Poet, all the suffering and destruction in Jerusalem was brought on by God. But the Poet is clear on this point: God did what was right. The people didn't listen to him and he was...

Hate the sin, not the sinner, right? But when it comes to punishing the sin, you've got to bring down the hammer on the sinner pretty hard. The Poet tells us that Judah didn't obey God, so he was f...

A city invaded. A people murdered and exiled. Mothers resorting to cannibalism. Not to mention the utter humiliation of your enemies joking to your face about your horrible situation. The Poet of L...

The Bible is a book written by men for men. That means women sometimes get ignored in its pages. The Book of Lamentations deals with a pretty masculine subject matter—a military defeat—but much...