Lamentations Quiz
10 questions · King James Version · biblesundays.com
1.How doth the city sit solitary, that was once full of what?
- A. Gold
- B. People
- C. Soldiers
- D. Vineyards
2.To what does the writer compare the daughter of Jerusalem in her misery?
- A. A widow
- B. A broken reed
- C. A withered flower
- D. A lost sheep
3.The Lord's mercies are new every what?
- A. Sabbath
- B. Year
- C. Morning
- D. Evening
4.What did the prophet's eyes fail with because of the destruction?
- A. Dust
- B. Tears
- C. Blindness
- D. Sleep
5.It is good for a man that he bear what in his youth?
- A. The sword
- B. The yoke
- C. The crown
- D. The harvest
6.To what is the skin of the people compared because of the terrible famine?
- A. An oven
- B. Dry parchment
- C. White snow
- D. Ash
7.The precious sons of Zion were comparable to what, but are now esteemed as earthen pitchers?
- A. Silver
- B. Fine gold
- C. Diamonds
- D. Cedars
8.What has happened to the crown of the people according to the final chapter?
- A. It is stolen
- B. It is fallen from our head
- C. It is melted
- D. It is hidden in the earth
9.The Lord hath covered the daughter of Zion with what in his anger?
- A. A cloud
- B. Sackcloth
- C. Darkness
- D. Shame
10.What does the writer ask the Lord to renew as of old?
- A. Our strength
- B. Our temple
- C. Our days
- D. Our covenant
Answer Key
1.B. People — Lamentations 1:1 (KJV)
The book begins by mourning the emptiness of the once-crowded city.
2.A. A widow — Lamentations 1:1 (KJV)
She that was great among the nations is become as a widow.
3.C. Morning — Lamentations 3:23 (KJV)
Great is His faithfulness; His compassions fail not and are new every morning.
4.B. Tears — Lamentations 2:11 (KJV)
Mine eyes do fail with tears, my bowels are troubled.
5.B. The yoke — Lamentations 3:27 (KJV)
The text encourages bearing the yoke of discipline early in life.
6.A. An oven — Lamentations 5:10 (KJV)
Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine.
7.B. Fine gold — Lamentations 4:2 (KJV)
The sons of Zion were comparable to fine gold.
8.B. It is fallen from our head — Lamentations 5:16 (KJV)
The crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned!
9.A. A cloud — Lamentations 2:1 (KJV)
How hath the Lord covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in his anger.
10.C. Our days — Lamentations 5:21 (KJV)
Turn thou us unto thee, O Lord... renew our days as of old.