1. LAMENTATIONS The Book of Sorrow

2. Jeremiah 39:8-9 The Chaldeans also burned with fire the king's palace and the houses of the people, and they broke down the walls of Jerusalem. 9 And as for the rest of the people who were left in the city, the deserters who had gone over to him and the rest of the people who remained, Nebuzaradan the captain of the bodyguard carried them into exile in Babylon.

4. Jerusalem seen as a a weeping widow in her sorrow God’s burning anger against sinful Israel Jeremiah’s personal lament; closes with a hope for the future National confession of Israel’s sin A Prayer in the midst of pain; a cry for restoration

5. Lessons from Lamentations God is Sovereign over the Events of Men. Lamentations 3:37-38 Sin brings forth Tragic Consequences. Lamentations 5:15-16 There is Hope in the Darkness. Lamentations 3:19-23