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Lamentations 4 | Bible Study Questions

Observation

What does it say?

  1. Read Lamentations 4.
  2. Do you notice any repeated words or ideas in Lamentations 4?
  3. How is God described in this passage?
  4. What characters do you see?
    1. How are they described?
  5. Does the tone of the author change throughout the chapter? How so?

INTERPRETATION

What does it mean?

  1. There is lots of imagery in this chapter.
    1. Are there any analogies or comparisons that you don't understand? (v. 3, 5, 6, 7, etc.)
    2. What might those things mean?
  2. What statements in this chapter stand out to you about the severity of God's judgment?
    1. What is the particular cause of such a great calamity?
    2. Read Jeremiah 23:9-14
      1. Who is spoken of here?
      2. What connections do you see to Lamentations 4?
  3. In verse 21, it says "Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom." Who is Edom?
    1. Why might they be glad at all of the calamity Judah is experiencing?
    2. What promises do we see in verses 21 and 21 regarding God's people and Edom?
  4. What would you say is the main point of this chapter?
    1. What would the Bible be missing if this chapter was not included?
    2. Do you see any connections to the gospel?

APPLICATION

How should it change us?

  1. How can God use suffering to reveal what our hearts are trusting in?
    1. Why do you think we often seek security apart from God?
    2. How does this chapter demonstrate how seriously God takes sin?
  2. Is there sin in your own life you need to confess? Remember that God is good to those who wait for him and he will have compassion (Lam. 3:25, 32)
    1. Who can you confess this sin to so you can walk in the light?
  3. Are there any consequences from sin that you can lament?
    1. This week, when can you pray to God in lament?
  4. Pray in light of this passage and about any applications you have made
  5. Sing Holy, Holy, Holy to God and to one another.

Lamentations 4 | Bible Study Questions

Observation

What does it say?

  1. Read Lamentations 4.
  2. Do you notice any repeated words or ideas in Lamentations 4?
  3. How is God described in this passage?
  4. What characters do you see?
    1. How are they described?
  5. Does the tone of the author change throughout the chapter? How so?

INTERPRETATION

What does it mean?

  1. There is lots of imagery in this chapter.
    1. Are there any analogies or comparisons that you don't understand? (v. 3, 5, 6, 7, etc.)
    2. What might those things mean?
  2. What statements in this chapter stand out to you about the severity of God's judgment?
    1. What is the particular cause of such a great calamity?
    2. Read Jeremiah 23:9-14
      1. Who is spoken of here?
      2. What connections do you see to Lamentations 4?
  3. In verse 21, it says "Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom." Who is Edom?
    1. Why might they be glad at all of the calamity Judah is experiencing?
    2. What promises do we see in verses 21 and 21 regarding God's people and Edom?
  4. What would you say is the main point of this chapter?
    1. What would the Bible be missing if this chapter was not included?
    2. Do you see any connections to the gospel?

APPLICATION

How should it change us?

  1. How can God use suffering to reveal what our hearts are trusting in?
    1. Why do you think we often seek security apart from God?
    2. How does this chapter demonstrate how seriously God takes sin?
  2. Is there sin in your own life you need to confess? Remember that God is good to those who wait for him and he will have compassion (Lam. 3:25, 32)
    1. Who can you confess this sin to so you can walk in the light?
  3. Are there any consequences from sin that you can lament?
    1. This week, when can you pray to God in lament?
  4. Pray in light of this passage and about any applications you have made
  5. Sing Holy, Holy, Holy to God and to one another.

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