I. Elegy, Chapter 1
A call to consider the destruction of Jerusalem.
vv. 8, 18 — The reason for the frightful destruction.
v. 12 — An invitation to all to enter into the sorrow of the prophet.
II. Elegy, Chapter 2
v. 10 — Doleful details of the effect of the judgment of God upon the remnant that remain.
v. 15 — The elation of the enemy from without.
III. Elegy, Chapter 3
The tragic and catastrophic destruction of Jerusalem would have been total had it not been for the mercies and faithfulness of God.
IV. Elegy, Chapter 4
Contrast between the former state of prosperity and the present state of Jerusalem in poverty.
V. Elegy, Chapter 5
A cry to God to remember the nation Israel. “Prayer of Jeremiah.”
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