LAMENTATIONS, BOOK OF

LAMENTATIONS, BOOK OF
   one of the poetical books of the Old Testament, ascribed to Jeremiah and historically connected with his prophecies, written apparently after the fall of Jerusalem and in sight of its ruins, as lamentation over the general desolation in the land connected therewith.

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