우리의 춤은 변하여 슬픔이 되고

약어표····················································9
출판사 서문·············································10
저자 서문················································13
묵상집의 활용 방법····································17
애가 묵상을 시작하며·································19

애가 1 장
1장을 묵상하기 전에··································31
1일 1:1-3················································32
2일 1:4-6················································36
3일 1:7-9················································40
4일 1:10-11·············································44
5일 1:12-17·············································48
6일 1:18-22·············································52

애가 2 장
2장을 묵상하기 전에··································58
7일 2:1···················································60
8일 2:2-5················································64
9일 2:6-10··············································68
10일 2:11-13···········································72
11일 2:14-17···········································76
12일 2:18···············································80
13일 2:19···············································84
14일 2:20-22···········································88

애가 3 장
3장을 묵상하기 전에··································95
15일 3:1-3··············································96
16일 3:4-12···········································100
17일 3:13-15·········································104
18일 3:16-18·········································108
19일 3:19-21·········································112
20일 3:22-24·········································116
21일 3:25-27·········································120
22일 3:28-30·········································124
23일 3:31-33·········································128
24일 3:34-36·········································132
25일 3:37-39·········································136
26일 3:40-42·········································140
27일 3:43-45·········································144
28일 3:46-51·········································148
29일 3:52-56·········································152
30일 3:57·············································156
31일 3:58-66·········································160

애가 4 장
4장을 묵상하기 전에······························· 166
32일 4:1-2··········································· 168
33일 4:3-6············································172
34일 4:7-10··········································176
35일 4:11-16········································ 180
36일 4:17-22········································ 184

애가 5 장
5장을 묵상하기 전에································191
37일 5:1-2··········································· 192
38일 5:3-6··········································· 196
39일 5:7-20··········································200
40일 5:21-22·········································206

애가 묵상을 끝내며··································210
애가 묵상을 돕는 참고 문헌························219

그들이 현재 당하고 있는 상황은 그들이 크게 범죄했기 때문입니다… 그들은 하나님께만 죄를 범했던 것이 아니라 함께 사는 사람들에게도 죄를 지었습니다. 죄에 대한 언급을 통해 애가는 이스라엘로 하여금 스스로 죄를 고백할 것을 권면합니다.

예루살렘은 하나님에게 지금 자신을 보셨으면 좋겠다고 간청하고 있습니다. 그들의 과거의 경험에 의하면, 하나님께서 보셨을 때 구원이 임했기 때문입 니다(출 2:23-25; 3:7, 9-10).

최후의 심판이 이스라엘에 오기까지 그들의 마음에는 하나의 ‘믿는 구석’이 있었던 것 같습니다. 그것을 본문에서는 ‘용사들’이라고 불렀습니다. 무엇과도 비교할 수 없는 하나님 앞에서 아주 작은 것 하나 붙잡고 있다는 것이 얼마나 미련한 일일까요? 그런데 우리도 현실에서 위대하신 하나님을 가장 의지하는 분으로 여기지 않는 경우가 허다합니다.