Leslie C. Allen (PhD, University of London) is senior professor of Old Testament at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California. He has written several major commentaries and has been a hospital chaplain for more than a decade.

• Foreword by Nicholas WolterstorffIntroductionExpositionFirst Poem: Grief, Guilt, and the Need for PrayerHuman Losses (1:1-6)Material Losses (1:7-11)Zion's Cry of Culpability (1:12-16)Comments on Zion's Cries (1:17)Zion's Confession and Prayer of Grievance (1:18-22)Second Poem: Grief, Guilt, and the Need for PrayerGod's Awesome Anger at Work (2:1-5)God's Systematic Destruction of Zion (2:6-10)A Sea of Troubles (2:11-17)A Call to Zion to Pray and Zion's Prayer (2:18-22)Third Poem: The Wounded HealerHis Testimony of Guilty Wounds (3:1-16)His Second Thoughts (3:17-24)The Wounded Healer's Sermon (3:25-39)His Call to the Congregation to Pray (3:40-51)His Testimony of Prayers of Appeal and Grievance (3:52-66)Fourth Poem: Grief and Guilt Prolonged--and to Be ReversedThe Cheapening of Human Life (4:1-6)More Horrors of the Siege (4:7-11)How One Guilty Group Suffered (4:12-16)Despair--and Eventual Hope (4:17-22)Fifth Poem: The Congregation's Prayer as Turning PointPresent Distress and Confession (5:1-7)Humiliation, Sorrow, and Confession (5:8-16)Challenging Cries for Help (5:17-22)

Leslie C. Allen (PhD, University of London) is senior professor of Old Testament at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California. He has written several major commentaries and has been a hospital chaplain for more than a decade.

• Foreword by Nicholas WolterstorffIntroductionExpositionFirst Poem: Grief, Guilt, and the Need for PrayerHuman Losses (1:1-6)Material Losses (1:7-11)Zion's Cry of Culpability (1:12-16)Comments on Zion's Cries (1:17)Zion's Confession and Prayer of Grievance (1:18-22)Second Poem: Grief, Guilt, and the Need for PrayerGod's Awesome Anger at Work (2:1-5)God's Systematic Destruction of Zion (2:6-10)A Sea of Troubles (2:11-17)A Call to Zion to Pray and Zion's Prayer (2:18-22)Third Poem: The Wounded HealerHis Testimony of Guilty Wounds (3:1-16)His Second Thoughts (3:17-24)The Wounded Healer's Sermon (3:25-39)His Call to the Congregation to Pray (3:40-51)His Testimony of Prayers of Appeal and Grievance (3:52-66)Fourth Poem: Grief and Guilt Prolonged--and to Be ReversedThe Cheapening of Human Life (4:1-6)More Horrors of the Siege (4:7-11)How One Guilty Group Suffered (4:12-16)Despair--and Eventual Hope (4:17-22)Fifth Poem: The Congregation's Prayer as Turning PointPresent Distress and Confession (5:1-7)Humiliation, Sorrow, and Confession (5:8-16)Challenging Cries for Help (5:17-22)

Leslie C. Allen (PhD, University of London) is senior professor of Old Testament at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California. He has written several major commentaries and has been a hospital chaplain for more than a decade.

• Foreword by Nicholas WolterstorffIntroductionExpositionFirst Poem: Grief, Guilt, and the Need for PrayerHuman Losses (1:1-6)Material Losses (1:7-11)Zion's Cry of Culpability (1:12-16)Comments on Zion's Cries (1:17)Zion's Confession and Prayer of Grievance (1:18-22)Second Poem: Grief, Guilt, and the Need for PrayerGod's Awesome Anger at Work (2:1-5)God's Systematic Destruction of Zion (2:6-10)A Sea of Troubles (2:11-17)A Call to Zion to Pray and Zion's Prayer (2:18-22)Third Poem: The Wounded HealerHis Testimony of Guilty Wounds (3:1-16)His Second Thoughts (3:17-24)The Wounded Healer's Sermon (3:25-39)His Call to the Congregation to Pray (3:40-51)His Testimony of Prayers of Appeal and Grievance (3:52-66)Fourth Poem: Grief and Guilt Prolonged--and to Be ReversedThe Cheapening of Human Life (4:1-6)More Horrors of the Siege (4:7-11)How One Guilty Group Suffered (4:12-16)Despair--and Eventual Hope (4:17-22)Fifth Poem: The Congregation's Prayer as Turning PointPresent Distress and Confession (5:1-7)Humiliation, Sorrow, and Confession (5:8-16)Challenging Cries for Help (5:17-22)