Author Description

Lamentations is one of the least known books of the Bible. That means that a part of God's own Word remained closed to us. A Word that after all belongs to the Gospel, which we confess we must believe to be saved. This book too, has been given to us for our comfort.These considerations caused the author to explain this book to the congregation in a number of sermons. Although the author started on it with a degree of doubt and hesitation, it became a journey of discovery. These songs of lamentation are topical, especially in our time, a period of decay of the Christian church. The words of the believers who wept for the fall of Jerusalem appeal to everyone who loves the Church of Christ.Many of those speak about an 'obscuration of God'. They no longer see God and do not experience Him any more. The believers who sat among the ruins of Jerusalem, or who lived along the streams of Babylon, experienced the same difficulties. Their tears were shed for Jerusalem, but a light also penetrated the dark clouds that converged above the church.This book is an attempt to show some of the riches of these songs of lamentation.