Lamentations — KJV Bible Study Guide
A free 10-lesson Bible study guide on lamentations, drawn entirely from the King James Version. Each lesson opens with a study question, gives the verse reference, and offers a short teaching note. Use it for personal devotions, a small group, or a Sunday school class.
The 10 lessons
Lesson 1 · Lamentations 1:1 (KJV)
How doth the city sit solitary, that was once full of what?
Answer: People
Study note. The book begins by mourning the emptiness of the once-crowded city.
Lesson 2 · Lamentations 1:1 (KJV)
To what does the writer compare the daughter of Jerusalem in her misery?
Answer: A widow
Study note. She that was great among the nations is become as a widow.
Lesson 3 · Lamentations 3:23 (KJV)
The Lord's mercies are new every what?
Answer: Morning
Study note. Great is His faithfulness; His compassions fail not and are new every morning.
Lesson 4 · Lamentations 2:11 (KJV)
What did the prophet's eyes fail with because of the destruction?
Answer: Tears
Study note. Mine eyes do fail with tears, my bowels are troubled.
Lesson 5 · Lamentations 3:27 (KJV)
It is good for a man that he bear what in his youth?
Answer: The yoke
Study note. The text encourages bearing the yoke of discipline early in life.
Lesson 6 · Lamentations 5:10 (KJV)
To what is the skin of the people compared because of the terrible famine?
Answer: An oven
Study note. Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine.
Lesson 7 · Lamentations 4:2 (KJV)
The precious sons of Zion were comparable to what, but are now esteemed as earthen pitchers?
Answer: Fine gold
Study note. The sons of Zion were comparable to fine gold.
Lesson 8 · Lamentations 5:16 (KJV)
What has happened to the crown of the people according to the final chapter?
Answer: It is fallen from our head
Study note. The crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned!
Lesson 9 · Lamentations 2:1 (KJV)
The Lord hath covered the daughter of Zion with what in his anger?
Answer: A cloud
Study note. How hath the Lord covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in his anger.
Lesson 10 · Lamentations 5:21 (KJV)
What does the writer ask the Lord to renew as of old?
Answer: Our days
Study note. Turn thou us unto thee, O Lord... renew our days as of old.
Key verses to memorize
The passages this study returns to most often — pick one or two and commit them to memory this week.
Discussion questions
- Which lesson in this study surprised you the most, and why?
- How does lamentations point us to Jesus Christ and the gospel?
- Pick one verse from the key passages above. How does it shape the way you will pray, read, or live this week?
- Who in your life could you share one of these truths with in the next seven days?