e.
Suffering Is Not Forever, 3:31-38.
5.
A Need to Suffer in Silent Faith, 3:39.
6.
An Exhortation of the Nation to Penitence, 3:40-42. The prophet confirms that confession and repentance are proper for the nation to do, 3:40-42.
a.
An Exhortation for the Nation to Examine Herself, 3:40.
b.
A Reminder that the Nation is Rebellious, 3:41-42.
D.
The Prophet’s Imprecatory Prayer for Vengeance in View of Desolation, 3:43-66.
The prophet returns to the desolate state of the people and prays for vengeance on the enemy, 3:43-66.
1.
His Suffering, 3:43-54.
a.
An Affirmation of the Nation’s Just Judgment for Her Sin, 3:43
b.
Their prayers would not pass through, 4:44-45
c.
Their enemies spoke them, 3:46
d.
His soul was affected because of the daughters of the city, 3:47-51.
e.
His personal distress was great, 3:52-54.
2.
His Prayer, 3:55-58. It was an Affirmation of Personal Deliverance by the Lord, 3:55-58.
3.
A Plea for the Lord to Bring about Judgment upon His/Their Enemies, 3:59-66.
IV.
The Defeated People of Jerusalem, (4:1-22).
A.
Chapter four is often referred to as the fourth Dirge or funeral poem.
B.
This portion concerns the Lord’s Anger in View of Zion’s Former Glory and Present Misery.
1.
The unstoppable judgment from Yahweh made the blessed people of Judah into a suffering people because of their personal sins and because of sins of their religious leaders.
2.
Jeremiah delivers the message of God that the nation of Edom, who mocked them in their captivity, will also be destroyed, 4:1-22.