- Lamentations 2 is also arranged alphabetically, with one variation for which there appears to be no reasonable explanation. Where does the variation occur?
- What is the Footstool referred to in Lamentations 2:1 and why is it spelled with a capital F? Why is this metaphor used?
- References to God’s anger are repeated constantly and He is likened to an enemy in the opening verses. Why is God portrayed in such harsh language?
- What are poet’s sentiments about Jerusalem and how does he feel about the city its fate? Why do you think he feels so strongly?
- Where else in Biblical literature is God depicted explicitly as a warrior? Compare Exodus 15.
- Lamentations 2:9 demonstrates that the destruction is more than physical. How so?
- What is the significance of the specific reference to the maidens of Jerusalem in Lamentations 2:10?
- How do Lamentations 2:11-12 adumbrate all instances of human calamity?
- What dilemma does the accusation in Lamentations 2:14 present to ordinary people? See Deuteronomy 18.
- How do Lamentations 2:15-17 reinforce the earlier depiction of God as wrathful and punitive?
- What images support the view that Tisha B’Av should be a time to commemorate the Shoah (Holocaust)?
