Lamentations

he Lamentations of Jeremiah is a book of mourning and pleadings of Jeremiah because of the tribulations of Jerusalem. The prayers of Prophet Jeremiah could be read in this book, wherein he hopes for help through the mercy of God.

This book also contains advice of Jeremiah to the people of Jerusalem because of their wrongdoings which caused the anger of God. The sufferings of Jerusalem is also written in this book, described by the terror they experienced up to the point of saying “to be slain with sword is better than to be slain with hunger” (4:9), thus, “the hands of the pitiful women have sodden their own children” (4:10). This book clearly describes the great tribulations that will happen to man in the end of days—a warning that should be prepared of by the city of God in this last days.

Prophet Jeremiah wrote this book on 607 B.C. in a place near to Jerusalem. This book has five chapters and 154 verses.