2.
The face of judgment came from the mouth of God and not from the thinking of a prophet.
3.
It was God Who instructed and commanded the prophets what to tell His people.
II.
The Parallels between Lamentations and Deuteronomy attests to prophecy being fulfilled.
A.
Look at how Lamentations incorporates Deuteronomy.
Lamentations Deuteronomy 1:3 She dwells among the nations but she has found no rest. 28:65 And among those nations you shall find no rest.
1:5a Her adversaries have become the head
28:44 He shall be the head, you shall be the tail 1:5c Her little ones have gone away as captives before the adversary.
28:32
Your sons and your daughters shall
be given to another people.
1:6c They have fled without strength before the pursuer.
28:25 You shall flee seven way before them
1:18c My virgins and my young men have gone into captivity 28:41 You shall have sons and daughters, but they shall not be yours, for they shall go into captivity 2:15 All who pass along the way clap their hands in derision at you. 28:37 You shall become a horror, a proverb, a taunt among all the people where the Lord will drive you.
2:20 Should women eat their offspring?
28:53-57 Then you shall eat the offspring of your own body.
2:21 On the ground in the streets lie young and old 28:50 who shall have no respect for the old, nor show favor to the young
4:10 The hands of compassionate women boiled their own children 28:56-57 ...the refined and delicate women among you ... she shall eat them secretly (i.e., her children) for lack of anything else ....
5:2b Our houses were given to aliens
28:30 You shall build a house, but you shall not live in it.
5:5 There is no rest for us.
28:65 And among those nations you shall find no rest 5:10 ...the burning heat of famine....
28:24 ...the rain of your land powder and dust ....
5:11 Women of Zion ravished.
28:30 Who shall have no respect for the old ....
5:12 Elders were not respected
28:50 Who shall have no respect for the old ....
5:18 foxes prowl in Zion
28:26 And your carcasses shall be food to all birds of the sky and to the beasts of the earth, and there shall be no one to frighten them away.