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| Jeremiah's Lament for all Israel. Jeremiah. 6th Century B.C. |
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| With reference, recite the key verse for your book summary with the phrase "His compassions fail not". |
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| Lamentations 3:22-23 Through the Lord's mercies we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness. |
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| What did the Israelites do with Jeremiah's warnings? |
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| What happened as a result of the Israelites not listening to Jeremiah's warnings, according to your book summary of Lamentations? |
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| God allowed the army of Babylon to conquer the land and destroy Jerusalem. |
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| How did Jeremiah express the mourning for his land, according to your Lamentations book summary? |
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| He wrote a series of acrostic poems about Israel's sin and God's wrath. These poems make up the book of Lamentations. |
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| From your book summary of Lamentations, give the reference and recite the verse that supports, even in the midst of sorrow, Jeremiah looked to God for hope. |
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| Through the Lord's mercies we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness. Lamentations 3:22-23 |
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| What kinds of poems with what topics make up the book of Lamentations. |
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| Acrostic poems about Israel's sin and God's wrath. |
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| Explain the way the poems of the book of Lamentations are set up. |
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| They are acrostic poems about Israel's sin and God's wrath. Each of the 5 chapters is a separate poem of mourning and sorrow. (+> 5 poems total!). Each poem in the original writing, except for chapter 3, has 22 verses. Each verse begins with one of the 22 different letters of the Hebrew alphabet. |
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| How many poems make up the book of Lamentations? |
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| How many different letters does the Hebrew alphabet have? |
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