Annotated Outline of Lamentations

Lamentations

1. The first lamentation  (1:1-22)
   1. Thirty-twofold judgment on Judah and Jerusalem  (1:1-7)
   2. Six reasons for judgment  (1:8-11)
   100. Call to passers-by to see her sorrow: twelve judgments  (1:12-19)
   4. Jeremiah's tenfold distress  (1:20-22)
2. The second lamentation  (2:1-22)
   1. Thirty-twofold judgment  (2:1-8)
   2. Twelvefold humiliation  (2:9-14)
   100. Sixfold taunt to Jerusalem  (2:15-16)
   4. Sixfold judgment on Judah  (2:17)
   5. Jeremiah's seven admonitions for Judah to pray  (2:18-19)
   6. Jeremiah's prayer for God to consider the ruin of Judah  (2:20-22)
3. The third lamentation  (3:1-66)
   1. Thirty-twofold suffering  (3:1-20)
   2. Eightfold character of Jehovah  (3:21-38)
   100. Jeremiah's confession and repentance for Zion  (3:39-51)
   4. Jeremiah's prayer for vengeance on his enemies  (3:52-66)
4. The fourth lamentation  (4:1-22)
   1. Twenty-twofold judgment  (4:1-12)
   2. Reasons for the judgment  (4:13-14)
   100. Judah's treatment by the nations during her dispersion  (4:15-16)
   4. Judah's vain hope for any earthly help  (4:17-20)
   5. Judgment on Edom  (4:21)
   6. Final restoration of Judah  (4:22)
5. The fifth lamentation  (5:1-22)
   1. Prayer: twenty-eightfold ruin (cp. Isa. 1:7, refs.)  (5:1-16)
   2. Jeremiah's plea for mercy  (5:17-22)