The Lamentations of Jeremiah

Lamentations is a poetic and prophetic cry from the heart of God, delivered through the voice of His prophet Jeremiah. Composed around the collapse of the ancient kingdom of Judah, it foreshadows the spiritual collapse of God’s own people in our time, portraying the deepest sorrow and most urgent correction in Scripture. Yet amid the blackest darkness shines the brightest hope: the return to God’s rule, the restoration of beauty, and the promise of eternal joy for those who repent. The Lamentations of Jeremiah is both an elegy and a wake-up call—an unflinching vision of judgment, tempered by the enduring love of a Father who will do all He can to bring His Family home.

Printable View

This book is made free as an educational service in the public interest.
No follow-up. No obligation. Shipping is free. No credit card required.
Learn More

Excerpt

Lamentations is a unique biblical book. Many scholars believe it is the Bible’s most poetic book. It is the most elegant poetry in all the Bible.

What makes this so unusual is that this sophisticated message is profound correction from God.

The Hebrew text doesn’t actually have a title for the book of Lamentations. For many books, the first Hebrew word is used as the title. The first word in Lamentations is how, but according to the Companion Bible it can also mean alas, or an exclamation of pain and grief. Terrible events are prophesied in this book.

The Talmud calls Lamentations kinot, which means dirges or elegies. A dirge is a song or hymn of grief or lamentation intended to accompany funeral or memorial rites. An elegy is a song or poem expressing extreme sorrow or lamentation, especially for one or more who are dead. In a sense, the book of Lamentations is like a funeral dirge. It’s about dying and death. God is showing us reality—a terrible picture of what is about to transpire in the Great Tribulation.

Still, in that dying and death, we see the most inspiring hope ever!

The nations of Israel are going to die (Ezekiel 33:11). But this funeral dirge in Lamentations is far worse than that. The nations of Israel will be resurrected to life again (Ezekiel 37). That is not the case with spiritual Israel, or God’s Laodicean Church. Fifty percent of the Laodiceans are going to die and be resurrected into the lake of fire—eternal death! They will be forever dead!

Keep Reading

Chapter 1:	The God That Rules	Read
Chapter 2:	Why God Must Punish the Laodiceans	Read
Chapter 3:	Building a Foundation of Hope	Read

About The Author

Gerald Flurry is the presenter of the Key of David television program and the editor in chief of the Philadelphia Trumpet newsmagazine. He is the founder and pastor general of the Philadelphia Church of God, chancellor of Herbert W. Armstrong College and chairman of the Armstrong International Cultural Foundation.
Learn More

Why is this book free?

All our material is offered absolutely free of charge, with no follow-up or obligation.

We believe the truth should be free. The costs for your book and postage have already been paid for by donations from people who believe its message is too important to let money concerns prevent you from reading it. We will not ask you for any financial donations now or in the future.

Literature