Pentecost Season · Proper 22 · Year C
Lamentations 1:1-6
How Lonely Sits the City
October 8, 2028
Overview & Insights
"How lonely sits the city that once was full of people! She that was great among the nations has become like a widow." (Lamentations 1:1)
The book opens with a funeral dirge that personifies conquered Jerusalem as a grieving widow, abandoned by her former allies and stripped of her splendor after the Babylonian destruction, setting the tone for the extended lament that follows.
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Commentary
Commentary on Lamentations 1:1-6 Working Preacher
Reads the opening dirge's personification of Jerusalem as a grieving widow.
Lamentations 1:1-6 Commentary Center for Excellence in Preaching
A preaching-focused reading of the book's movement from lament toward eventual repentance.
Lamentations 1 Commentary Enduring Word · David Guzik
Verse-by-verse notes on the fall of Jerusalem pictured as a mourning widow.
Lamentations 1 StudyLight
Barnes' Notes on the historical setting and imagery of the opening dirge.
Lamentations 1:1 Commentaries BibleHub
Aggregates classic commentators on the city's desolation and grief.
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