The Lord In Anger Has Beclouded Her

Lamentations 2
The Lord In Anger Has Beclouded Her Sermon Outline for March 4, 2012, the Second Sunday in Lent, by Pastor Dennis Tuuri

Intro – Lam. 1:6 And from the daughter of Zion All her splendor has departed
The Beautiful Poetry of the Book of Lamentations (Dr. Kai Soltau, Robert Jones)
A. Acrostic - Knox Translation, Holman Bible
B. Chiasm
C. Concatenation (Chains)
D. 3 Speakers, 22 Sections, with Centers Between Exact Word Counts
Chapter One

1. the LORD has afflicted her because of the multitude of her transgressions. Her children have gone into captivity
2. my affliction
3. those whom You commanded not to enter
4. He has spread a net for my feet and turned me back;
5. the Lord trampled as in a winepress the virgin daughter of Judah.
6. because the comforter, who should restore my life, is far from me.
7. the LORD has commanded concerning Jacob
8. for I have been very rebellious
   Chapter Two
   9. mourning and lamentation
   10. Is this the city that is called ‘The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth'?”
   11. My virgins and my young men Have fallen by the sword;

Chapter 1 to Chapter 2 - The Big Picture
1:1 How lonely sits the city
2:1How the Lord has covered the daughter of Zion With a cloud in His anger!