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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“He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.”
— Micah 6:8 (NIV)