Lamentations

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Biblical book Book of the Bible Poetic book Religious text

Lamentations is a biblical book of poetic dirges traditionally attributed to the prophet Jeremiah, mourning the destruction of Jerusalem and expressing profound grief, repentance, and hope in God’s mercy.

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Observed surface forms (8)

Surface form Occurrences
Book of Lamentations 7
BookOfLamentations 2
Eikhah 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Biblical book ⓘ
Book of the Bible ⓘ
Poetic book ⓘ
Religious text ⓘ
alternateName Lamentations ⓘ
surface form: Book of Lamentations
associatedDate 586 BCE ⓘ
associatedEmpire Neo-Babylonian Empire ⓘ
surface form: Babylonian Empire
attributedTo Jeremiah ⓘ
canonicalStatus Canonical scripture in Christianity ⓘ
Canonical scripture in Judaism ⓘ
emotionalTone Despair ⓘ
Grief ⓘ
Hope ⓘ
focus Appeal for divine compassion ⓘ
Confession of sin ⓘ
Suffering of Zion ⓘ
genre Dirge ⓘ
Lament ⓘ
Poetry ⓘ
hebrewTitle Lamentations self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Eikhah
historicalEventDescribed Siege of Jerusalem (587–586 BCE) ⓘ
surface form: Destruction of Jerusalem by Babylon
includedIn Septuagint ⓘ
Vulgate ⓘ
language Hebrew ⓘ
surface form: Biblical Hebrew
literaryForm Acrostic poem ⓘ
liturgicalUse Holy Week ⓘ
surface form: Christian Holy Week (in some traditions)

Jewish fast days ⓘ
Tisha BAv ⓘ
surface form: Tisha B’Av
numberOfChapters 5 ⓘ
partOf Bible ⓘ
surface form: Christian Old Testament

Tanakh ⓘ
surface form: Hebrew Bible

Ketuvim ⓘ
primaryTheme Divine judgment ⓘ
Hope in God’s mercy ⓘ
Mourning the destruction of Jerusalem ⓘ
Repentance ⓘ
Suffering ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ
setting Jerusalem ⓘ
structure Five poems ⓘ
theologicalTheme Covenant judgment ⓘ
God’s faithfulness ⓘ
Possibility of restoration ⓘ
traditionalAuthor Jeremiah ⓘ
usedIn Christian lectionaries ⓘ
Jewish synagogue readings ⓘ

Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lamentations → alternateName → Lamentations ⓘ
this entity surface form: Book of Lamentations
Jeremiah → associatedText → Lamentations ⓘ
this entity surface form: BookOfLamentations
Jeremiah → attributedAuthorOf → Lamentations ⓘ
this entity surface form: BookOfLamentations
Ketuvim → containsBook → Lamentations ⓘ
Writings → containsBook → Lamentations ⓘ
this entity surface form: Book of Lamentations
Suffering of Zion → describedIn → Lamentations ⓘ
this entity surface form: Book of Lamentations
Zayin → hasAcrosticUseInBook → Lamentations ⓘ
this entity surface form: Book of Lamentations
Prophetic Books → hasPart → Lamentations ⓘ
this entity surface form: Book of Lamentations
Lamentations → hebrewTitle → Lamentations self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eikhah
Ketuvim → includesMegillot → Lamentations ⓘ
Book of Jeremiah → influenced → Lamentations ⓘ
this entity surface form: Book of Lamentations
Zion → liturgicalReference → Lamentations ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lament for Zion
Tisha BAv → liturgicalText → Lamentations ⓘ
subject surface form: Tisha B'Av
this entity surface form: Book of Lamentations
Suffering of Zion → relatedToText → Lamentations ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lamentations 1
Suffering of Zion → relatedToText → Lamentations ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lamentations 2
Suffering of Zion → relatedToText → Lamentations ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lamentations 4
Babylonian exile → significantText → Lamentations ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lamentations of Jeremiah
Ketuvim → traditionalJewishOrder → Lamentations ⓘ