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Throughout the writings of Jeremiah—in Jeremiah and Lamentations—the predominant theme is God's sovereignty. In the book of Jeremiah, we see that God retains the ability to choose his prophet, to determine the fate of the nations, and to continue to hold out both the threat of destruction and the hope of deliverance. Lamentations examines the same themes from the viewpoint of the sufferers....

something promised from the LORD. Is the LORD not eternal? Are his promises not eternal? This is what is at stake. 3:19–21 The turn in the speaker’s thinking comes with the repetition of remember (זָכַר, zākar) in verses 19–20. His “short-term memory” fixes his thoughts on his present sufferings. He seems incapable of thinking of anything else. But this apparently is a man steeped in the language of Deuteronomy. He cannot use the word “remember” twice without being reminded of the many places there
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