Lamentations

I. Individual Lament by Jerusalem (1:1-22)

II. Individual Lament for Israel and Jerusalem (2:1-22)

III. Individual/Community Lament Concerning God (3:1-66)

A. Individual lament (3:1-39)
B. Community lament (3:40-47)
C. Individual lament (3:48-66)

IV. Individual/Community Lament for the People (4:1-22)

A. Individual lament (4:1-16)
B. Community lament (4:17-20)
C. Proclamation of salvation to Israel, judgment to Edom (4:21-22)

V. Community Lament by Those Left in Descrated Judah (5:1-22)