Lamentations — Group study guide
Leader version
5 chapters · 44 questions
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
How to use it
Read one chapter per meeting. Each participant can mark their answers and write down what they learned.
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Lamentations 1 — Study questions
Leader version
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
Read first: Lamentations 1 (KJV)
1. How did the city that was full of people come to sit?
Lamentations 1:1
- A. Full of people
- B. Solitary
- C. Rebuilt
- D. Feasting
Correct answer: B. Solitary
Solitary.
Lamentations 1:1
2. What did the friends of the great city become?
Lamentations 1:2
- A. Servants
- B. Kings
- C. Enemies
- D. Comforters
Correct answer: C. Enemies
Enemies.
Lamentations 1:2
3. Judah has gone into captivity because of what?
Lamentations 1:3
- A. A great drought
- B. Her riches
- C. A plague of locusts
- D. Affliction and great servitude
Correct answer: D. Affliction and great servitude
Because of affliction, and because of great servitude.
Lamentations 1:3
4. What do the ways of Zion do?
Lamentations 1:4
- A. Mourn
- B. Rejoice
- C. Blossom
- D. Fill with travelers
Correct answer: A. Mourn
Mourn.
Lamentations 1:4
5. Why did the LORD afflict Zion?
Lamentations 1:5
- A. For her poverty
- B. For the multitude of her transgressions
- C. For her fallen walls
- D. For her enemies
Correct answer: B. For the multitude of her transgressions
For the multitude of her transgressions.
Lamentations 1:5
6. How did the princes of Zion go before the pursuer?
Lamentations 1:6
- A. With courage
- B. With weapons
- C. Without strength
- D. Singing
Correct answer: C. Without strength
Without strength.
Lamentations 1:6
7. What did the people of Jerusalem give in exchange for food?
Lamentations 1:11
- A. Their children
- B. Their houses
- C. Their weapons
- D. All their pleasant things
Correct answer: D. All their pleasant things
All their pleasant things.
Lamentations 1:11
8. Who that should relieve the city's soul was far away?
Lamentations 1:16
- A. The comforter
- B. The king
- C. The priest
- D. The prophet
Correct answer: A. The comforter
The comforter.
Lamentations 1:16
9. Against what did the city rebel?
Lamentations 1:18
- A. Against Babylon
- B. Against his commandment
- C. Against Egypt
- D. Against her princes
Correct answer: B. Against his commandment
Against his commandment.
Lamentations 1:18
Notes
Lamentations 2 — Study questions
Leader version
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
Read first: Lamentations 2 (KJV)
1. What did the LORD cast down from heaven to the earth?
Lamentations 2:1
- A. The stars
- B. The ark
- C. The beauty of Israel
- D. The rain
Correct answer: C. The beauty of Israel
The beauty of Israel.
Lamentations 2:1
2. What kind of days has the LORD caused to be forgotten in Zion?
Lamentations 2:6
- A. Days of war
- B. Days of famine
- C. Days of mourning
- D. Sabbaths
Correct answer: D. Sabbaths
The sabbaths.
Lamentations 2:6
3. The prophets did not find what?
Lamentations 2:9
- A. Vision from the LORD
- B. Water
- C. Food
- D. Refuge
Correct answer: A. Vision from the LORD
Vision from the LORD.
Lamentations 2:9
4. What did the elders cast upon their heads?
Lamentations 2:10
- A. Oil
- B. Dust
- C. Water
- D. Crowns
Correct answer: B. Dust
Dust.
Lamentations 2:10
5. Who asked where the corn and the wine were?
Lamentations 2:11-12
- A. The elders
- B. The priests
- C. The children
- D. The soldiers
Correct answer: C. The children
The children.
Lamentations 2:11-12
6. What did the prophets fail to discover to turn away the captivity?
Lamentations 2:14
- A. The way to Egypt
- B. The enemy's plans
- C. Hidden treasure
- D. The sin
Correct answer: D. The sin
The sin.
Lamentations 2:14
7. What did the LORD set up against Jerusalem?
Lamentations 2:17
- A. The power of her adversaries
- B. Her walls
- C. Her temple
- D. Her kings
Correct answer: A. The power of her adversaries
The power of her adversaries.
Lamentations 2:17
8. Who lay on the ground in the streets?
Lamentations 2:21
- A. Only the soldiers
- B. The young and the old
- C. The priests
- D. The strangers
Correct answer: B. The young and the old
The young and the old.
Lamentations 2:21
Notes
Lamentations 3 — Study questions
Leader version
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
Read first: Lamentations 3 (KJV)
1. What did the man see by the rod of his wrath?
Lamentations 3:1
- A. Glory
- B. Riches
- C. Affliction
- D. Peace
Correct answer: C. Affliction
Affliction.
Lamentations 3:1
2. With what did the LORD compass the man?
Lamentations 3:5
- A. With joy and gladness
- B. With angels
- C. With walls
- D. With gall and travail
Correct answer: D. With gall and travail
With gall and travail.
Lamentations 3:5
3. The man was a derision and what else before the people?
Lamentations 3:14
- A. A mockery
- B. An example
- C. A king
- D. A judge
Correct answer: A. A mockery
A mockery.
Lamentations 3:14
4. From what was the man's soul removed far off?
Lamentations 3:17
- A. From sin
- B. From peace
- C. From the city
- D. From his enemies
Correct answer: B. From peace
From peace.
Lamentations 3:17
5. What of the LORD never fails?
Lamentations 3:22
- A. His wrath
- B. His silence
- C. His compassions
- D. His judgment
Correct answer: C. His compassions
His compassions.
Lamentations 3:22
6. If the LORD is your portion, what should you do?
Lamentations 3:24
- A. Flee to Egypt
- B. Seek riches
- C. Keep silent forever
- D. Hope in him
Correct answer: D. Hope in him
Hope in him.
Lamentations 3:24
7. To whom is the LORD good?
Lamentations 3:25
- A. To them that wait for him
- B. To the proud
- C. To those who have riches
- D. To those who forget him
Correct answer: A. To them that wait for him
To them that wait for him.
Lamentations 3:25
8. The LORD has compassion according to what?
Lamentations 3:32
- A. According to our works
- B. According to the multitude of his mercies
- C. According to our riches
- D. According to our age
Correct answer: B. According to the multitude of his mercies
According to the multitude of his mercies.
Lamentations 3:32
9. What should a man complain about?
Lamentations 3:39
- A. His poverty
- B. His enemies
- C. His sin
- D. His old age
Correct answer: C. His sin
His sin.
Lamentations 3:39
10. With what did the LORD cover himself so that prayer should not pass through?
Lamentations 3:44
- A. With fire
- B. With smoke
- C. With darkness
- D. With a cloud
Correct answer: D. With a cloud
With a cloud.
Lamentations 3:44
11. The LORD draws near to the man who calls on him, and what does he say?
Lamentations 3:57
- A. Fear not
- B. Go away
- C. Wait
- D. Be silent
Correct answer: A. Fear not
Fear not.
Lamentations 3:57
Notes
Lamentations 4 — Study questions
Leader version
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
Read first: Lamentations 4 (KJV)
1. The precious sons of Zion are esteemed more than what?
Lamentations 4:2
- A. Than silver
- B. Than gold
- C. Than precious stones
- D. Than brass
Correct answer: B. Than gold
More than gold.
Lamentations 4:2
2. What creature is cruel in the wilderness?
Lamentations 4:3
- A. The jackals
- B. The lions
- C. The ostriches
- D. The wolves
Correct answer: C. The ostriches
The ostriches.
Lamentations 4:3
3. What did those brought up in scarlet embrace?
Lamentations 4:5
- A. Their idols
- B. Their mothers
- C. Their riches
- D. Dunghills
Correct answer: D. Dunghills
Dunghills.
Lamentations 4:5
4. Could it be that a righteous woman would eat her children in a famine?
Lamentations 4:10
- Yes
- No
Correct answer: Yes
Yes.
Lamentations 4:10
5. How far did the fire devour in Zion?
Lamentations 4:11
- A. To the gates
- B. To the foundations
- C. To the roof
- D. To the walls only
Correct answer: B. To the foundations
To the foundations.
Lamentations 4:11
6. Was compassion shown to the elders?
Lamentations 4:16
- Yes
- No
Correct answer: No
No.
Lamentations 4:16
7. Israel's persecutors were swifter than what?
Lamentations 4:19
- A. Than horses
- B. Than lions
- C. Than the wind
- D. Than the eagles of the heaven
Correct answer: D. Than the eagles of the heaven
Than the eagles of the heaven.
Lamentations 4:19
Notes
Lamentations 5 — Study questions
Leader version
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
Read first: Lamentations 5 (KJV)
1. To whom were the houses of Israel turned over?
Lamentations 5:2
- A. To strangers
- B. To the priests
- C. To the orphans
- D. To the Levites
Correct answer: A. To strangers
To strangers.
Lamentations 5:2
2. In exchange for what did the people drink water?
Lamentations 5:4
- A. Work
- B. Money
- C. Prayer
- D. Nothing
Correct answer: B. Money
Money.
Lamentations 5:4
3. To whom did Israel give the hand to be satisfied with bread?
Lamentations 5:6
- A. The Moabite and the Ammonite
- B. The Philistine and the Edomite
- C. The Egyptian and the Assyrian
- D. The Persian and the Mede
Correct answer: C. The Egyptian and the Assyrian
To the Egyptians and to the Assyrians.
Lamentations 5:6
4. What happens to the skin in extreme famine?
Lamentations 5:10
- A. It turns white
- B. It hardens
- C. It falls off
- D. It turns black
Correct answer: D. It turns black
It turns black.
Lamentations 5:10
5. By what were the princes hanged up?
Lamentations 5:12
- A. By their hands
- B. By their feet
- C. From the trees
- D. From the walls
Correct answer: A. By their hands
By their hands.
Lamentations 5:12
6. Where did they take the young men?
Lamentations 5:13
- A. To war
- B. To grind
- C. To Egypt
- D. To the temple
Correct answer: B. To grind
To grind.
Lamentations 5:13
7. What did the young men leave off?
Lamentations 5:14
- A. Their weapons
- B. Their houses
- C. Their music
- D. Their parents
Correct answer: C. Their music
Their music.
Lamentations 5:14
8. Into what was Israel's dance turned?
Lamentations 5:15
- A. Into joy
- B. Into silence
- C. Into war
- D. Into mourning
Correct answer: D. Into mourning
Into mourning.
Lamentations 5:15
9. When Mount Zion was desolate, what walked upon it?
Lamentations 5:18
- A. Foxes
- B. Lions
- C. Sheep
- D. Eagles
Correct answer: A. Foxes
Foxes.
Lamentations 5:18