Lamentations
We begin with the destruction of Jerusalem and the temple. Babylon has won. The outlook is bleak. The book of Lamentations earns the prophet Jeremiah the epithet, “the weeping prophet.” Jeremiah is one of few prophets who watch their own prophecies unfold and thus, he is undone. Lamentations examines questions of grief, trauma, and survival through a theological lens. Taking questions that are often placated or receive shallow optimism and instead, revealing how faith and sorrow can coexist. How pain doesn’t contradict God’s presence, and ultimately reveals a deeper, more profound picture of who He is.
Ur
geographical location
An important city of ancient southern Mesopotamia (Sumer), situated about 140 miles (225 km) southeast of the site of Babylon and about 10 miles (16 km) west of the present bed of the Euphrates River.
Edom
/ 'ĕḏōm / geographical location
The Edomite territory consisted of the mountain which extends from the Dead Sea in the north to the Red Sea in the south. The northern border of Edom was the Zered River (Wadi al-Hesa), which was also the southern border of Moab. Its eastern border was the desert and its inhabitants were the Kedemites. Its southern border was Elath and Ezion-Geber, i.e., the gulf of Elath.
Archeological Study Bible
Walter C Kaiser et. al
Zondervan Handbook of Biblical Archeology
Randall Price