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.
Statements (47)
| 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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.