Suffering of Zion

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Suffering of Zion refers to the profound grief, devastation, and hardship experienced by Jerusalem and its people, especially as poetically depicted in the biblical book of Lamentations.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf biblical theme
religious suffering motif
theological concept
associatedWithPlace Jerusalem
Zion
centralImage personified city of Zion
describedIn Lamentations
surface form: Book of Lamentations

Tanakh
surface form: Hebrew Bible

Bible
surface form: Old Testament
expressedThrough communal lament
individual lament
hasEmotionalTone anguish
despair
remnant hope
hasLiteraryForm poetic depiction
hasTheme destruction
divine judgment
exile
grief
hope for restoration
mourning
repentance
influences Christian theology of suffering
Jewish liturgical poetry
interpretedAs call to repentance
consequence of sin
languageType metaphorical
poetic
liturgicalUse Tisha B’Av observance
refersTo devastation of Jerusalem
hardship experienced by the people of Jerusalem
profound grief of Jerusalem
relatedConcept Daughter of Zion
Zion theology
relatedToEvent Babylonian exile
surface form: Babylonian conquest of Judah

destruction of Jerusalem
relatedToText Lamentations
surface form: Lamentations 1

Lamentations
surface form: Lamentations 2

Lamentations
surface form: Lamentations 4
religiousTradition Christianity
Judaism
scripturalCanon Ketuvim
scripturalGenre lamentation literature
symbolizes broken covenant relationship
loss of temple
national catastrophe of Israel
timePeriodDescribed exilic period

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Lamentations focus Suffering of Zion