1. Lamentations 1:1–22 (NEG79)
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Which contrasts do we find in Lamentations 1 that indicate the dramatic reversal and downfall of Jerusalem?

Lamentations 1:1–22 (NEG79)

1 Eh quoi! elle est assise solitaire, cette ville si peuplée! Elle est semblable à une veuve! Grande entre les nations, souveraine parmi les Etats, Elle est réduite à la servitude!

  1. The city, once filled with people, has become desolate like a widow (Lamentations 1:1).

  2. She who was a princess among the provinces has become a slave (Lamentations 1:1).

  3. All her friends have become her enemies (Lamentations 1:3).

  4. The roads to Zion mourn, for none come to the festival (Lamentations 1:4).

  5. All her majesty has departed (Lamentations 1:6).

  6. Jerusalem remembers … days of old (Lamentations 1:7).

  7. All who honoured her despise her (Lamentations 1:8).

  8. She has seen the nations enter her sanctuary (Lamentations 1:10).

  9. They trade their treasures for food (Lamentations 1:11).

  10. Zion stretches out her hands, but there is none to comfort her (Lamentations 1:17).

  11. My young women and my young men have gone into captivity (Lamentations 1:18).

  12. My heart is wrung within me (Lamentations 1:20).