A SONG OF SORROW WHEN WE ARE SAD, WE CAN TALK TO GOD.

ACROSTIC LETTERS OF Lamentations is written in an acrostic ACTIVITY QUESTION? style using the letters of the Hebrew LAMENT alphabet. Try to think of 5 words that

describe God using the first 5 letters EVERY CHAPTER IN THE BOOK OF of the English alphabet. LAMENTATIONS—EXCEPT CHAPTER 3—IS 22 VERSES LONG. THAT’S ONE VERSE FOR EACH LETTER OF THE HEBREW ALPHABET. A

TO SHOW HIS COMPLETE LAMENT, JEREMIAH BEGAN EACH VERSE WITH A B DIFFERENT LETTER OF THE ALPHABET. THIS KIND OF POETRY IS CALLED C “ACROSTIC.” D E

SORROW-FILLED SONGS FOR SHATTERED CITIES Jeremiah wrote laments about his sadness over Jerusalem’s sin but they aren’t the only lyrics ever recorded for broken cities.

JERUSALEM: CORINTH: UR: NOT EVEN A TRACE HAS BEEN LEFT JERUSALEM HAS SINNED “ “ OF YOU, ILL-FATED TOWN, BUT ALL HAS GRIEVOUSLY AND HAS BECOME BEEN SEIZED AND DEVOURED BY WAR. AN OBJECT OF SCORN. ALL WHO “THE MALICIOUS STORM WHICH ” HONORED HER NOW DESPISE HER.” SWEPT OVER THE LAND, THE STORM WHICH —LAMENT FOR CORINTH DESTROYED CITIES, THE STORM WHICH —WRITTEN IN 146 BC —LAMENTATIONS 1:8 DESTROYED HOUSES, THE STORM WHICH —WRITTEN IN AROUND 580 BC DESTROYED COW-PENS … CUT OFF ALL THAT IS GOOD FROM THE LAND.” —THE LAMENT FOR UR —WRITTEN AROUND 2000 BC

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In the early 1500s, MICHELANGELO painted this picture of the prophet Jeremiah. This picture is part of Michelangelo’s incredible fresco painting on the ceiling of the SISTINE CHAPEL in Italy. Look at Jeremiah. How do you think he is feeling?

God sent Jeremiah to warn the people to REPENT of their sin. The people ignored the warnings and experienced terrible consequences for their sins. This made Jeremiah deeply SAD. MAJOR PROPHETS LETTERS Add the missing letters to complete Jeremiah wrote about his each name of the Major Prophet books. Use your table of contents for help. sadness in poems called BIBLE PASSAGE: These laments LAMENTS. S IA LAMENTATIONS 1—5 are recorded in the Book of Lamentations. Sometimes, JE E I H we feel sad, and that is okay. L MEN ATIO S MEMORY VERSE: LAMENTATIONS Whenever we feel sad, we can E EKI L talk to God! 3:22B-23 AN EL

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