Many people say that God is good. But there are those whose suffering makes God feel more like an enemy than a friend. If you feel that way, you aren't the first. The people of Lamentations said the same thing long ago: "The Lord has become like an enemy" (Lamentations 2:5).

Lamentations contains the prayers, the cries, the anguish, the confusion, and the rage of a people (God's people) who feel abandoned by Him. This is a book about a people who are fighting to hold on to their faith, fighting to believe that God really is good.