Lamentations 1–5.
(a) In Lamentations 1:1–11 Jeremiah spoke for himself, while in verses 12–22 he spoke as if he were the whole country of Judah. Read Jeremiah 1:1–11 and list four phrases from Jeremiah’s words that explain why he “lamented.”
- 3 Judah is gone into
a captivity - 4 "none come to the
b solemn feasts: all her gates are desolate: her priests sigh, her virgins are afflicted, and she is in bitterness." - 6 Zion all her
a beauty is departed: her - 8
a Jerusalem hath grievously sinned
Read Jeremiah 1:12–22 11 ¶Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, Jeremiah, what a seest thou? And I said, I see a rod of an almond tree.
Mormon 6:17–22 17 aO ye fair ones, how could ye have departed from the ways of the Lord! O ye fair ones, how could ye have rejected that Jesus, who stood with open arms to receive you!
They are similar in that they both preach that if they are better God will have mercy upon the people. The people both need to repent in order for their salvation here on earth.
13 And the word of the Lord came unto me the second time, saying, What seest thou? And I said, I see a a seething b pot; and the face thereof is toward the north.
14 Then the Lord said unto me, Out of the a north an evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land.
15 For, lo, I will call all the families of the kingdoms of the north, saith the Lord; and they shall come, and they shall set every one his throne at the entering of the a gates of Jerusalem, and against all the walls thereof round about, and against all the cities of Judah.
16 And I will utter my judgments against them touching all their wickedness, who have a forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other b gods, and worshipped the works of their own hands.
17 ¶Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto them all that I command thee: be not dismayed at their faces, lest I confound thee before them.
18 For, behold, I have made thee this day a defenced city, and an iron pillar, and brasen walls against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against the a princes thereof, against the priests thereof, and against the people of the land.
19 And they shall a fight against thee; but they shall not b prevailagainst thee; for I am with thee, saith the Lord, to deliver thee.
Lamentations is about how the people will fall if they do not repent of their sins and then to physical captivity as well. The story of Mormon is similar but his people have already fallen. Mormon 6:17–22 17 aO ye fair ones, how could ye have departed from the ways of the Lord! O ye fair ones, how could ye have rejected that Jesus, who stood with open arms to receive you!
18 Behold, if ye had not done this, ye would not have fallen. But behold, ye are fallen, and I amourn your loss.
19 O ye afair sons and daughters, ye fathers and mothers, ye husbands and wives, ye fair ones, how is it that ye could havebfallen!
21 And the day soon cometh that your mortal must put on immortality, and these bodies which are now moldering in corruption must soon become aincorruptible bodies; and then ye must stand before the judgment-seat of Christ, to be judged according to your works; and if it so be that ye are righteous, then are ye blessed with your fathers who have gone before you.
22 O that ye had repented before this great adestruction had come upon you. But behold, ye are gone, and the Father, yea, the Eternal Father of heaven, bknoweth your state; and he doeth with you according to his cjustice and dmercy.
They are similar in that they both preach that if they are better God will have mercy upon the people. The people both need to repent in order for their salvation here on earth.
(b) Read the chapter summaries for Lamentations 2–5 and make note of the reason for the suffering and destruction of the kingdom of Judah.
Misery prevails because they do not repent.
Misery prevails because they do not repent.
How does Alma 41:10 10 Do not suppose, because it has been spoken concerning restoration, that ye shall be restored from sin to happiness. Behold, I say unto you, awickedness never was bhappiness.
(c) Read Lamentations 5:15–22
- gratitude for the Lord
- recognizing "that we have sinned"
- acknowledging God's power and divinity
- turning to the Lord for help in all things
- understanding when we do things wrong
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