What literary device is used throughout all five chapters of Lamentations?
Each of the five chapters of Lamentations is structured as an acrostic poem, where successive lines or stanzas begin with successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet (Lamentations 1:1-22, 2:1-22, 3:1-66, 4:1-22, 5:1-22).
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“For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”
— Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV)