As many times as I read this, I don't get it. I find it very poetic at times. Who are what is the duaghter of Zion? Isn't Zion a city? What about the walls of the daughter of Zion? It also speaks of the virgin daughter of Jeruselum.. There has to be someone out there smarter than I am..
Someone more studied than me?
2006-10-31 11:38:30 · 9 answers · asked by helpme1 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
the book of lamentations is lamenting the fall of jerusalem to the babylonians. my recollections of what each metaphor represents are sketchy, so I won't try to fabricate an answer here. most of the chapters in lamentations are acrostic poems (you are right to pick up on the poetic nature). each line of an acrostic poem begins with the next letter of the alephbet... ie:
A bird sings
but soon it dies
can it be raised up again?
did god create it?
even God can raise the dead
for God is in all things alive
God is one.
the same is happening in lamentations, and various places through the Heb. Scriptures.
in my recollections, sometimes the imagery is specific (ie: the flowers of zion might be the nobility) at other times, the imagery is exactly as it seems... ie: the walls sinking down is literally the destruction of Jerusalems walls, or its protections.
hope this helps...
jmk
2006-10-31 11:46:34 · answer #1 · answered by dingwallplayer 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The chosen people of the Lord are the daughter's of Zion. It was a city back before the earth was flooded that was so righteous that God took it to heaven. He then through the prophets used Zion as a example of how the chosen people of the lord were to act. Zion is anywhere the lords people congregate. The virgin daughter of Jerusalem were the people who have or did done no wrong and are living or were living the right way. Zion is to be as the lords wife when he returns to earth, hence the use of virgin daughter to show the worthiness of some of the people. Hope this helps a little. Lamentations is about them knowing they worshiped other Gods and did not follow the lord commandments and he took away the land he had given them for a time as a lesson this is some of the prophets feeling as this happened.
2006-10-31 12:15:34 · answer #2 · answered by saintrose 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hello. You're not alone in the confusion.
Zion is the promised land. As Christians, we believe that Jerusalem is the daughter of Zion. This is all poetic language referring to the "remnant", or those who will be the longest surviving believers and obediant to God.
Lamentations is the story of the longing for a reunification of the Jewish people in their promised land. They "lament" the time they are spending waiting for the promised moment of their salvation.
Hope this helps. Best of luck to you!
2006-10-31 11:43:16 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lamentations was written as a dirge representing the lament of the Jews who because of disobedience had been exiled from their homeland Zion. They had seen their holy city, Jerusalem, destroyed and it walls broken and burned to the ground The temple was destroyed and their religious leaders and kings carried off to Babylon. They felt dejected and sorrowful about how their sinful course had lead to this outcome. (Lamentations 1:3)
2006-10-31 11:52:13 · answer #4 · answered by linniepooh 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In Biblical days lamentations, or dirges, were composed and chanted for deceased friends (2Sa 1:17-27), devastated nations (Am 5:1, 2), and ruined cities (Eze 27:2, 32-36). The book of Lamentations furnishes an inspired example of such mournful composition. It consists of five lyrical poems (in five chapters) lamenting the destruction of Jerusalem at Babylonian hands in 607 B.C.E.
The book acknowledges that Jehovah justly brought punishment upon Jerusalem and Judah because of the error of his people. (La 1:5, 18) It also highlights God’s loving-kindness and mercy and shows that Jehovah is good to the one hoping in him.—La 3:22, 25.
2006-10-31 11:50:43 · answer #5 · answered by papavero 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Religious books are canonizations of quite a lot of texts, organized by means of devout pupils, courts, or different gurus over time. For Jews, the order is that this: First the Torah (T in Tanakh) used to be assembled from a sequence of historic scriptures. Then, the prophets (Neviim is N in Tanakh) used to be assembled from quite a lot of assets (Isaiah, Jeremiah, Daniel, and so on.). Finally, a compendium of scholarly evaluation used to be released. (Ketuvim, K in Tanakh, way writing in Hebrew) The order of the books logically follows the historical past of the Jewish humans and the evolution in their devout concept. Christianity emerged as a faith after the Torah & Neviim have been released. Christian pupils integrated those of their Bibles, and further the Gospels (New Testament). In all circumstances, the order and interpretation of the textual content is functional to aid the fundamental message of the faith. Even in these days, minor changes to those files are ordinary. However, any difference by and large ends up in a schism inside the devout motion, leading to a brand new sect.
2016-09-01 05:16:43 · answer #6 · answered by kaufmann 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Daughter of Zion; two possibilities (currently that I know of)
A. Jerusalem is often referred to as a female.
B. The spiritual being Wisdom, described in a female sense also seems to make her home there.
2006-10-31 12:16:00 · answer #7 · answered by jefferyspringer57@sbcglobal.net 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its been a long time since I actually did any reading or studying in the Book of Lamentations so I'll answer off the top of my head and hope I am not too far off. Lamentations was written by Jeramiah the prophet who had been prophesying to Judah and warning them that the judgment of God was coming upon them because they had forsaken God and gone after idols. Hundreds of years earlier, after Solomon died, the Kingdom of Israel spit into two parts, North and South (Israel and Judah) Israel fell from God first and in 722 BC they were taken captive by the Assyrians and deported. Judah was left and now in the 500's BC Jeremiah is warning Judah that the same thing was going to happen. Judah didn't listen and return to the Lord so in 486 BC Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon attacked and slaughtered most of the People, captured, Jerusalem and took captive the rest to Babylon. Jeremiah was spared and allowed by Nebuchadnezzar to stay in the land. Jeremiah goes out for a walk and as he walks and steps over the thousands of bodies of the nation of Judah he writes the Book of Lamentations. The most famous statement to come out of this book is the one "Great is Thy Faithfulness" which became the theme for one of the most famous Christian Hymns. God was faithful because He kept His promise and Jeremiah was right in his prophesies.
Hope this helps a little.
2006-10-31 12:00:18 · answer #8 · answered by oldguy63 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Book of Lamentations was written by Jeremiah and basically means to cry over, weep for etc.....but you seem to have read it now keep going and get back to it later just remember to never stop reading the Bible ive read the Bible through 8 times and i always learn something new...............
this verse told me that EVERYTHING is in the Bible....
Deuteronomy 23:13 have fun
2006-10-31 11:48:14 · answer #9 · answered by Silencer 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋