l a m e n t a t i o n s dr. rick griffith, singapore bible college
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L A M E N T A T I O N S
Dr. Rick Griffith, Singapore Bible CollegeDr. Rick Griffith, Singapore Bible Collegewww.biblestudydownloads.comwww.biblestudydownloads.com
Noahic CovenantNoahic Covenant
Adam rules Adam rules with God with God
(Gen. 1:26, (Gen. 1:26, 28; 2:19)28; 2:19)
Adam rules Adam rules with God with God
(Gen. 1:26, (Gen. 1:26, 28; 2:19)28; 2:19)
Satan rules as Satan rules as god of this god of this world (Gen. world (Gen.
3:15; 3:15; 2 Cor. 4:4)2 Cor. 4:4)
Satan rules as Satan rules as god of this god of this world (Gen. world (Gen.
3:15; 3:15; 2 Cor. 4:4)2 Cor. 4:4)
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Land CovenantLand Covenant
Davidic CovenantDavidic Covenant
New CovenantNew Covenant
Mosaic CovenantMosaic Covenant
God covenants with Abraham to God covenants with Abraham to reestablish manreestablish man''s rule via Israel s rule via Israel as a "kingdom of priests" (Gen. as a "kingdom of priests" (Gen.
12:1-3; Exod. 19:6)12:1-3; Exod. 19:6)
God covenants with Abraham to God covenants with Abraham to reestablish manreestablish man''s rule via Israel s rule via Israel as a "kingdom of priests" (Gen. as a "kingdom of priests" (Gen.
12:1-3; Exod. 19:6)12:1-3; Exod. 19:6)
Kingdom Teaching...Kingdom Teaching...
Fall of Man Fall of Man (Gen. 3)(Gen. 3)
Fall of Man Fall of Man (Gen. 3)(Gen. 3)
IsraelIsrael''s failure to s failure to witness to nations as a witness to nations as a kingdom of priests is kingdom of priests is judged via exile under judged via exile under
foreign ruleforeign rule
IsraelIsrael''s failure to s failure to witness to nations as a witness to nations as a kingdom of priests is kingdom of priests is judged via exile under judged via exile under
foreign ruleforeign rule
Jeremiah 31:31-34 promises:•Forgiveness•Indwelling Spirit•New heart, nature, mind•Reunification of Israel and Judah•No need for evangelism
Jeremiah 31:31-34 promises:•Forgiveness•Indwelling Spirit•New heart, nature, mind•Reunification of Israel and Judah•No need for evangelism
2 Samuel 7:12-16 promises perpetual:•Sons ("house" never wiped out)•Kingdom (political dynasty)•Throne (right to rule by descendants)•Temple (son to build it)
2 Samuel 7:12-16 promises perpetual:•Sons ("house" never wiped out)•Kingdom (political dynasty)•Throne (right to rule by descendants)•Temple (son to build it)
Genesis 15:18 (cf. Deut. 30:1-10) promises:•Land from Wadi of Egypt to Euphrates River (Isa. 27:12)•Eternal possession of land (Gen. 17:8) after exile/restoration•Whole world blessed via the land (Isa. 14:1-2)
Genesis 15:18 (cf. Deut. 30:1-10) promises:•Land from Wadi of Egypt to Euphrates River (Isa. 27:12)•Eternal possession of land (Gen. 17:8) after exile/restoration•Whole world blessed via the land (Isa. 14:1-2)
Jesus extends Jesus extends His kingdom in His kingdom in mystery form to mystery form to
the Church the Church (Matt. 13)(Matt. 13)
Jesus extends Jesus extends His kingdom in His kingdom in mystery form to mystery form to
the Church the Church (Matt. 13)(Matt. 13)
Israel rejects Israel rejects MessiahMessiah''s offer of s offer of
kingdom (Matt. kingdom (Matt. 12:41-42; 23:37-12:41-42; 23:37-
39)39)
Israel rejects Israel rejects MessiahMessiah''s offer of s offer of
kingdom (Matt. kingdom (Matt. 12:41-42; 23:37-12:41-42; 23:37-
39)39)
Christ subdues Christ subdues IsraelIsrael''s enemies s enemies
and nation and nation believes (Rom. believes (Rom.
11:26-27)11:26-27)
Christ subdues Christ subdues IsraelIsrael''s enemies s enemies
and nation and nation believes (Rom. believes (Rom.
11:26-27)11:26-27)
Israel judged for rejecting Messiah by dispersion away from land for 19 centuries
(AD 70–AD 1948) but now partially restored (Ezek. 37:1-7)
Israel judged for rejecting Messiah by dispersion away from land for 19 centuries
(AD 70–AD 1948) but now partially restored (Ezek. 37:1-7)
Christ is Head over His Church, which is a
spiritual temple (Eph. 2:19-22; 2 Cor. 6:16)
Christ is Head over His Church, which is a
spiritual temple (Eph. 2:19-22; 2 Cor. 6:16)
Mosaic Law replaced with first three elements
of the New Covenant (Luke 22:20; 2 Cor. 3:6)
Mosaic Law replaced with first three elements
of the New Covenant (Luke 22:20; 2 Cor. 3:6)
MESSIANIC KINGDOMMESSIANIC KINGDOM
Millennial EternalMillennial Eternal
Full restoration
(Ezek. 37:8-28) Jerusalem
world capital(Isa. 2:1-5)
Full restoration
(Ezek. 37:8-28) Jerusalem
world capital(Isa. 2:1-5)
New Jerusalem(Rev. 21–
22)
New Jerusalem(Rev. 21–
22)
Christ reigns over the world (Isa. 11)
with saints (Rev. 5:10;
20:4-6)
Christ reigns over the world (Isa. 11)
with saints (Rev. 5:10;
20:4-6)
Christ rules over Christ rules over everything with everything with saints (Eph. 1:9-saints (Eph. 1:9-10; Rev. 20:1-6; 10; Rev. 20:1-6;
22:5b)22:5b)
Christ rules over Christ rules over everything with everything with saints (Eph. 1:9-saints (Eph. 1:9-10; Rev. 20:1-6; 10; Rev. 20:1-6;
22:5b)22:5b)
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Christ hands
kingdom over to
Father (1 Cor. 15:24)
Christ hands
kingdom over to
Father (1 Cor. 15:24)
Scripture has a dual kingdom-covenant emphasis. IsraelScripture has a dual kingdom-covenant emphasis. Israel''s role from Abraham to Christ expands to include the Church (continuity) yet the Church s role from Abraham to Christ expands to include the Church (continuity) yet the Church never replaces the nation as the "new Israel" (discontinuity). Israel will again enjoy world prominence after trusting in Christ at His second coming.never replaces the nation as the "new Israel" (discontinuity). Israel will again enjoy world prominence after trusting in Christ at His second coming.Scripture has a dual kingdom-covenant emphasis. IsraelScripture has a dual kingdom-covenant emphasis. Israel''s role from Abraham to Christ expands to include the Church (continuity) yet the Church s role from Abraham to Christ expands to include the Church (continuity) yet the Church
never replaces the nation as the "new Israel" (discontinuity). Israel will again enjoy world prominence after trusting in Christ at His second coming.never replaces the nation as the "new Israel" (discontinuity). Israel will again enjoy world prominence after trusting in Christ at His second coming.
ISRAELISRAEL CHURCHCHURCH(National Focus)(National Focus) The "New Man" (Eph. 2:15)The "New Man" (Eph. 2:15)
Sixth Edition15 June 2012
Sixth Edition15 June 2012
All 5 elements fulfilled in national
restoration (Zech. 8)
All 5 elements fulfilled in national
restoration (Zech. 8)
All things made new! (Rev. 21:5)
All things made new! (Rev. 21:5)
Temporary (Gal. 3:19) and conditional (Deut. 28) to reveal sin (Rom. 7:7) and regulate Israel (Gal. 3:23-25)
Temporary (Gal. 3:19) and conditional (Deut. 28) to reveal sin (Rom. 7:7) and regulate Israel (Gal. 3:23-25)
Law abolished, fulfilled, and replaced at the cross (Rom. 7:1-
6;1 Cor. 9:19-21; Heb. 8:13)
Law abolished, fulfilled, and replaced at the cross (Rom. 7:1-
6;1 Cor. 9:19-21; Heb. 8:13)
Genesis 6:18; 9:8-17Genesis 6:18; 9:8-17
22 &337
22 &337
605 597 586
Chronology of Jeremiah
232 342560
232 342560
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HabakkukHabakkukJoelJoel
JeremiahJeremiah
LamentationsLamentations
EzekielEzekiel
DanielDaniel
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605605
627627
538
JerusalemJerusalem''s s FallFall
JerusalemJerusalem''s s FallFall
Key DatesKey Dates
ZephaniahZephaniah630630 590590
606606
Two 70-Year Exiles560
586
People Exile
People Exile
Temple Exile
539 536 516605
Newsflash2 Kings 25:8-12
On the seventh day of the fifth month, in the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, Nebuzaradan commander of the imperial guard, an official of the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem. He set fire to the temple of the LORD, the royal palace and all the houses of Jerusalem. Every important building he burned down. The whole Babylonian army, under the commander of the imperial guard, broke down the walls around Jerusalem. Nebuzaradan the commander of the guard carried into exile the people who remained in the city, along with the rest of the populace and those who had gone over to the king of Babylon. But the commander left behind some of the poorest people of the land to work the vineyards and fields.
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1. Babylonians break through
the wall.
1. Babylonians break through
the wall.
2. Zedekiah and his troops flee and are captured
2. Zedekiah and his troops flee and are captured
Nelson's 3-D Bible mapbook
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3. Temple and other buildings burned and walls destroyed by the Babylonian commander
3. Temple and other buildings burned and walls destroyed by the Babylonian commander 4. The
people are
taken
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4. The people are
taken
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5. Temple valuables are taken away. 5. Temple valuables are taken away.
Nelson's 3-D Bible mapbook
6. Jeremiah is released.6. Jeremiah is released.
L A M E N T A T I O N L A M E N T A T I O N SS
GenreGenre495
Kings Concrete details Facts
Lamentations vivid sensory imagery dates and names lacking no sequential ordering verse not prose no names for the slain no private grief shown
Walk Through The Bible ©1989Walk Through The Bible ©1989
"Tears" "Tears" "Lamb-entations" "Lamb-entations"
Name and PlaceName and Place
Feast Read:9th of AbPentecostTabernaclesPassoverPurim
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Hebrew Title• Heb: "eka"• Eng: "How terrible! Alas!"
Five Scrolls1. Lamentations2. Ruth3. Ecclesiastes4. Song of Songs5. Esther
Traditional UseTraditional Use• 9th of Ab (586 BC &
AD 70)• Bar Kochba defeated
at Betar (AD 135)• Jews expelled from
Spain (AD 1492) • "Wailing" (Western)
Wall • Catholic liturgy
Historical BackgroundHistorical Background
Directly after Jerusalem's destruction in 586 BC Davidic King – the Lord's anointed – deposed and exiled All but poorest exiled Temple desecrated and burned Perspective needed
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United Kingdom
1050-930
United Kingdom
1050-930
Divided Kingdom
930-722
Divided Kingdom
930-722
Solitary Kingdom
722-586
Solitary Kingdom
722-586
Exile 586-536Exile 586-536
Post- Exile
536-425
Post- Exile
536-425
7 5 0
7 5 0
Jeremiah 627-580 B. C.Jeremiah 627-580 B. C.
7 0 0
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600
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TimelineTimeline
AuthorAuthor
Jeremiah based on…
Style and VocabularyTradition & TestimonyEyewitness AccountLXX
Jeremiah based on…
Style and VocabularyTradition & TestimonyEyewitness AccountLXX
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AuthorAuthor
Unknown?
MTModern scholarsSolidarityPermits Wider Audience?
Unknown?
MTModern scholarsSolidarityPermits Wider Audience?
PurposePurpose
• Expression of grief• Confession of sin• Remembrance of causes of
judgment & God's faithfulness
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Structure OptionsStructure OptionsHillers NIVSB Griffith
1 Is there any pain like my pain?
Jerusalem's Misery and Desolation
Fall Described
2 The Lord has become like an
enemy
The Lord's Anger Against His People
Judgment Acknowledged
3 Every man Judah's Complaint – and the Basis for
Consolation
Jeremiah's Feelings
4 The limit of suffering
Contrast between Zion's past and
Present
Trusting Leaders
5 Prayer Judah's Appeal for God's Forgiveness
Prayer
StructureStructure
Multiple Acrostics & Chiastic in Structure:
Chapters 1–2 and 4–5 have 22 verses each
Chapters 1–4 are all acrostics
Chapter 3 is a triple acrostic of 66 verses.
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VersesVersesVersesVerses
1111 2222 3333 4444 5555495495495495
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Remnant Remnant ResponseResponse
11 22 33 44 55
The The LordLord''s s AngerAnger
JeremiahJeremiah''s s ResponseResponse
GodGod''s s JudgmentJudgment
JerusalemJerusalem''s s DesolationDesolation
Focal PointFocal Point
495Chiastic StructureChiastic Structure
Parallels between Lamentations and Deuteronomy
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Bible Knowledge CommentaryBible Knowledge Commentary, 1:1209, 1:1209
Parallels between Lamentations and Deuteronomy
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Bible Knowledge CommentaryBible Knowledge Commentary, 1:1209, 1:1209
Parallels between Lamentations and Deuteronomy
Bible Knowledge CommentaryBible Knowledge Commentary, 1:1209, 1:1209
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Parallels between Lamentations and Deuteronomy
Bible Knowledge CommentaryBible Knowledge Commentary, 1:1209, 1:1209
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Blessings & Curses (Deut. 28)
Your towns and your fields will be blessed (3)
Your children and your crops will be blessed (4)
Your fruit baskets and bread-boards will be blessed (5)
Wherever you go and whatever you do, you will be blessed (6)
Your enemies will attack you from one direction, but they will scatter
from you in seven! (7)
You will lend to many nations, but you will never need to borrow
from them (12)
Your towns and your fields will be cursed (16)
Your children and your crops will be cursed (17)
Your fruit baskets and bread-boards will be cursed (18)
Wherever you go and whatever you do, you will be cursed (19)
You will attack your enemies from one direction, but you will scatter
from them in seven! (25)
They will lend to money to you, but you will not lend to them
(44)
220Prophetic Curses
Why?
ExileDeut 28
Great is Thy Faithfulness
(Lamentations 3:22-23)
Great is Thy faithfulness 2/6Great is Thy faithfulness!Great is Thy faithfulness!
Morning by morning new mercies I see!All I have needed
Thy hand hath provided;Great is Thy faithfulness,
Lord, unto me!
Great is Thy faithfulness!Great is Thy faithfulness!
Morning by morning new mercies I see!All I have needed
Thy hand hath provided;Great is Thy faithfulness,
Lord, unto me!
Great is Thy faithfulness 3/6Summer and winterand springtime and harvest,
Sun, moon and stars in their courses above
Join with all nature in manifold witnessTo Thy great faithfulness,
mercy and love
Summer and winterand springtime and harvest,
Sun, moon and stars in their courses above
Join with all nature in manifold witnessTo Thy great faithfulness,
mercy and love
Great is Thy faithfulness 4/6Great is Thy faithfulness!Great is Thy faithfulness!
Morning by morning new mercies I see!All I have needed
Thy hand hath provided;Great is Thy faithfulness,
Lord, unto me!
Great is Thy faithfulness!Great is Thy faithfulness!
Morning by morning new mercies I see!All I have needed
Thy hand hath provided;Great is Thy faithfulness,
Lord, unto me!
Great is Thy faithfulness 5/6
Pardon for sin and a peace that endureth;
Thine own dear presence to cheer and to guide.
Strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow;
Blessings all mine,with ten thousand beside!
Pardon for sin and a peace that endureth;
Thine own dear presence to cheer and to guide.
Strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow;
Blessings all mine,with ten thousand beside!
Great is Thy faithfulness 6/6Great is Thy faithfulness!Great is Thy faithfulness!
Morning by morning new mercies I see!All I have needed
Thy hand hath provided;Great is Thy faithfulness,
Lord, unto me!
Great is Thy faithfulness!Great is Thy faithfulness!
Morning by morning new mercies I see!All I have needed
Thy hand hath provided;Great is Thy faithfulness,
Lord, unto me!
StructureStructure
TheologyTheology1. The Inviolability of
Jerusalem
2. The Day of YHWH
3. Realized Wrath
4. Results of Sin
5. The Lord as "Enemy"
6. YHWH's Transcendence
7. Universalization
8. Job vs. Lamentations
TheologyTheology
Job Jerusalem
Undeserved Deserved
No Historical Setting Definite Historical Setting
Severity of AttackPrompts a question as to
God's apparent lack of mercy.Explicit
(Job 9:22-25)
Severity of AttackPrompts a question as to
God's apparent lack of mercy.
Implicit(2:2,17,21; 3:43)
8. Job vs. Lamentations
TheologyTheology1. The Inviolability of
Jerusalem
2. The Day of YHWH
3. Realized Wrath
4. Results of Sin
5. The Lord as "Enemy"
6. YHWH's Transcendence
7. Universalization
8. Job and Lamentations
9. Faith Rises from Ashes of Disaster
10. God is Just, not Irrational
CanonicaCanonical Contextl Context
Realisation &Retribution
"Restore us to yourself,
O LORD, that we may return; renew our
days as of old" (5:21)
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his holy mountain. his holy mountain. It is beautiful in its loftiness, It is beautiful in its loftiness,
the joy of the whole earth." the joy of the whole earth."
"Great "Great is the Lis the LORDORD, , and and most worthy most worthy of praise, of praise, in the city of our God, in the city of our God,
Psalm 48:1-2 (NIV)Psalm 48:1-2 (NIV)
Psalm 102:14 (NIV)Psalm 102:14 (NIV)
Psalm 137:5-6 (NIV)Psalm 137:5-6 (NIV)
Lamentations 2:15 (NIV)
The Twin Towers
The Statue of Liberty
The Pentagon
The Dust Aftermath
Remaining Firefighters
The Street
The Clean-up
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