Lamentations 5

Tyndale Open Study Notes

Verse 1

5:1-22 This chapter is a heartfelt prayer for restoration (cp. Dan 9:4-19).

Verse 10

5:10 There was a famine in the city during the siege (2 Kgs 25:3; Jer 37:21; 38:9; 52:6).

Verse 12

5:12-17 These terrible things happened because the people had sinned (see Isa 24:7-12; Jer 7:24; 13:18; 25:10-11; Amos 8:10).

Verse 18

5:18 haunted by jackals: Cp. Isa 13:22; 34:13; Jer 9:11; 10:22; Mal 1:3.

Verse 22

5:22 have you utterly rejected us? The tragedy of the Exile raised the question of whether God would forgive sin and restore his people. God answered clearly through the prophets (Isa 40:27-31; 41:8-20) and by sending Christ (Matt 9:2-6; 26:28; Luke 24:47).