King James Version · Old Testament · Major Prophets
The Book of Lamentations
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Author
Traditionally Jeremiah
Written
c. 586 BC
Category
Major Prophets
About the Book of Lamentations
Lamentations is a series of poems mourning the destruction of Jerusalem. Even in grief it declares the enduring hope: 'his compassions fail not. They are new every morning.'