1. Lamentations 1:1–22 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

Which images are used in Lamentations 1 to depict the tragedy of Jerusalem?

Lamentations 1:1–22 (ESV)

1 How lonely sits the city that was full of people! How like a widow has she become, she who was great among the nations! She who was a princess among the provinces has become a slave.

Three images, drawn from cultural context, are used:

  1. The image of a female (widow)

  2. The image of a funeral and public mourning

  3. The image of uncleanness and nakedness.1