Lamentations

3. Who is believed to have been the author of Lamentations?
5. The former princes of Judah are said to be princes who have become like _____ without pasture (1:6).
6. What ancient city that was destroyed does Jeremiah compare Judah to, saying that Judah's punishment was even worse (4:6)?
9. bird In 3:50, Jeremiah compares himself to a ____ ______ (2 words).
10. Jeremiah says that the Lord was right for bringing judgement because the people had _______ against His Word (1:18).
13. The precious stones from the _________ were scattered in the street (4:1).
14. Jeremiah’s words of tears and sorrows in Lamentations have earned him the title of the _______ prophet.
16. What city representing salvation and deliverance is mentioned numerous times in the 1st chapter? (1:4, 6, 17)
17. Jeremiah compares Judah to both a widow and a slave that was formerly a ___________ (1:1).
18. Jeremiah’s words of lament are unique because he is speaking as if God's judgement has been specifically directed against _______ (Lamentations 3).
19. The Lord is compared to these two fierce animals: a _______ and a bear (3:10).

1. The people of Jerusalem were so hungry after the destruction of Jerusalem that "the hands of compassionate women have __________ their own children; they became their food..." 4:9-10)
2. Judah has been overthrown and afflicted by the Lord because of the multitude of her ____________ (1:5)
4. Jeremiah questioned God's judgement because both old and young, male and female lie fallen by the __________ (2:21).
7. Jeremiah asks the Lord to repay his enemies and ________ them because the Lord has heard their threats and plots, (3:61-65).
8. Lamentations refers to the plundering and destruction of the ___________ in Jerusalem (1:10).
11. Jeremiah refers to Judah as the ________ of Zion (Chapter 2).
12. The important attribute of God as referred to in (3:34-39) is his __________.
15. Jeremiah's plea was that the punishment of Jerusalem's ___________ was accomplished and therefore the Lord would not keep her in exile no longer (end of Lamentations 4).
17. King, __________, prince and prophet are four types of leaders in Judah that were overthrown and judged in Lamentations (2:6,9)