Book of Lamentations Quiz

1. How does Lamentations begin?

1. By the rivers of Babylon
2. Comfort, comfort my people
3. How deserted lies the city
4. Woe to Jerusalem

2. How many poems make up Lamentations?

1. Five
2. Seven
3. Three
4. Twelve

3. According to Lamentations 3:22-23, what are new every morning?

1. The city walls
2. The LORD's compassions
3. The people's tears
4. The sacrifices

4. Why does Lamentations 1:8 say Jerusalem has become unclean?

1. Her gods were few
2. Her king was weak
3. Her walls were old
4. She has sinned greatly

5. When does Lamentations 3:27 say it is good to bear the yoke?

1. In old age
2. Never
3. On the Sabbath
4. While young

6. How does the final verse of Lamentations end?

1. Asking if God rejected them
2. With a list of kings
3. With a song of joy
4. With Jerusalem rebuilt

7. What does the city ask those who pass by in Lamentations 1:12?

1. Is it nothing to you?
2. Where are you going?
3. Who are you?
4. Will you help me?

8. What does Jerusalem confess about the LORD in Lamentations 1:18?

1. He is cruel
2. He is far away
3. He is righteous
4. He is silent

9. What does Lamentations say about the visions of Jerusalem's prophets?

1. False and worthless
2. Few and rare
3. Hidden and sealed
4. True and clear

10. On which Jewish fast day is Lamentations traditionally read?

1. Passover
2. Purim
3. Tisha B'Av
4. Yom Kippur

11. Who is traditionally believed to have written Lamentations?

1. Daniel
2. Ezekiel
3. Isaiah
4. Jeremiah

12. In which year did the fall of Jerusalem mourned in Lamentations take place?

1. 1000 BC
2. 586 BC
3. 70 AD
4. 722 BC

13. What is the city compared to in Lamentations 1:1?

1. A bride
2. A child
3. A queen
4. A widow

14. When does Jerusalem weep bitterly, according to Lamentations 1:2?

1. At dawn
2. At night
3. At the feasts
4. On the Sabbath

15. What did passers-by say mockingly the city used to be called?

1. The city of peace
2. The house of God
3. The joy of kings
4. The perfection of beauty

16. How does the poet introduce himself in Lamentations 3:1?

1. A man who has seen affliction
2. The last prophet
3. The son of Hilkiah
4. The voice in the desert

17. What does the poet say the LORD is in Lamentations 3:24?

1. My enemy
2. My judge
3. My king
4. My portion

18. To whom is the LORD good, according to Lamentations 3:25?

1. The priests
2. The rich
3. The strong
4. Those whose hope is in him

19. What does Lamentations 3:33 say about God and affliction?

1. He does not do it willingly
2. He enjoys it
3. He forgets it
4. He never allows it

20. What does Lamentations 3:40 call the people to do?

1. Build new walls
2. Examine their ways
3. Flee the city
4. Make new idols

21. Into what did the poet's enemies throw him in Lamentations 3?

1. A furnace
2. A pit
3. A prison
4. A river

22. What has lost its lustre in Lamentations 4:1?

1. The crown
2. The gold
3. The sun
4. The temple lamp

23. Which neighbouring nation is told its turn for the cup will come?

1. Assyria
2. Edom
3. Egypt
4. Moab

24. What prowls over desolate Mount Zion in Lamentations 5?

1. Jackals
2. Lions
3. Soldiers
4. Wolves

25. What does the people's prayer ask in Lamentations 5:21?

1. Destroy our enemies
2. Give us a king
3. Restore us to yourself
4. Send us rain

26. What did the poet say his eyes did from weeping?

1. Closed
2. Failed
3. Healed
4. Shone