Many elements of the lament are borne out in the historical narrative in 2 Kings concerning the fall of Jerusalem: Jerusalem lying in ruins ( Lamentations 2: 2 and 2 Kings 25: 9 ), enemies entering the city ( Lamentations 4: 12 and 2 Kings 24: 11 ), people going into exile ( Lamentations 1: 3 and 2 Kings 24: 14 ) and the sanctuary being plundered ( Lamentations 1: 10 and 2 Kings 24: 13 ).

* Isaiah 2, 13, 34, 58, Jeremiah 46: 10, Lamentations 2: 22, Ezekiel 13: 5, Joel 1, 2, 3, Amos 5: 18, 20, Zephaniah 1, 2, Zechariah 14: 1, Malachi 4: 5

The narrator relates two facts: ( 1 ) Noah became inebriated when he “ uncovered himself within his tent ” and ( 2 ) Ham “ saw his father ’ s nakedness .” Thus, these passages revolve around sexuality and the exposure of genitalia as compared with other Hebrew bible texts, such as Habakkuk 2: 15 and Lamentations 4: 21.

Concerto for Choir in 4 Parts, verses by Grigor Narekatsi, Book of Lamentations, or Kniga Skorbi, translated into Russian by Naum Grebnev.

* Paralipomena of Baruch ( Säqoqawä Eremyas ), pseudepigraphicon of the Ethiopian canon, similar to Lamentations and 4 Baruch

Psalms 79: 6-7 is recited in both Ashkenazi and Sephardi traditions, plus Lamentations 3: 66 among Ashkenazim.

Calling on the name of the Lord is likened to spiritual breathing in Lamentations 3: 55-56.

* The number of verses in Chapter 3 of the book of Lamentations in the Old Testament

This midrash glosses Lamentations 1. 3, " All pursuers overtook her between the straits ," interpreting " straits " as " days of distress "— namely the Seventeenth of Tammuz and the Ninth of Av.

Lamentations 3: 26 " quietly wait ," " in the Froschauer Bible reads ' in Gelassenheit ' ( instead of quietly )-one probable Biblical reference that helped to establish this important ' Anabaptist term.

Even though he had a joyful early life, the difficulties in the books of Jeremiah and Lamentations have prompted scholars to refer to him as " the weeping prophet.

Although there is an indication in Targum Lamentations that " Zechariah son of Iddo " was killed in the Temple ,< ref > Targum on Lam 2: 20: " Is it right to kill priest and prophet in the Temple of the Lord, as when you killed Zechariah son of Iddo, the High Priest and faithful prophet in the Temple of the Lord on the Day of Atonement because he told you not to do evil before the Lord?

so evidence that Baruch was read in Jewish synagogues on certain festivals during the early centuries of the Christian era ( Thackeray, 107-11 )," i. e. Henry St. John Thackeray, The Septuagint and Jewish Worship, 1923 .</ ref > It is grouped with the prophetical books which also include Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel, Daniel, and the twelve minor prophets.

Werner E. Lemke and Kathleen O ’ Connor point out “ Lamentations is probably the work of a survivor ( or survivors ) of the nation ’ s destruction who poured out sorrow, anger and dismay after the city ’ s traumatic defeat and occupation by the Babylonians.

Yet, as Lemke and O ’ Connor point out, The Book of Lamentations, while adapting several traditional literary, historical, and cultural Near Eastern elements, is a unique literary composition, scripted to a specific historical situation, in response to an historical catastrophe, addressing the survivors of this catastrophe in a distinctive religious context.

While at Paris, he wrote a Commentary on Lamentations, which sets out two possible sermons.

And they made them an ordinance in Israel ; behold, they are also written in the Lamentations.

They possess the entire Scriptures, but they do not read the Roll of Esther ( not having been included in the miraculous salvation mentioned in it ) nor Lamentations ( to avoid its disheartening influence ).

They repeat from their well-worn Hebrew Bibles and prayer-books the Lamentations of Jeremiah and suitable Psalms.

The Book of Lamentations reflects the theological and biblical view that what happened to Jerusalem was a deserved punishment ; and its destruction was instigated by their god for the communal sins of the people.

The Babylonian Talmud ( Bava Batra 14b-15a ) gives their order as Ruth, Psalms, Job, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon, Lamentations of Jeremiah, Daniel, Scroll of Esther, Ezra, Chronicles.

The letters of the alphabet, generally in their ordinary sequence, stand at the beginning of smaller or larger sections of Psalms 9-10 ( probably ), 15, 34, 37, 111, 112, 119, 145 ; Proverbs 31: 10-31 ; Lamentations 1-4 ; and also of Sirach 51: 13-29, as the newly discovered Hebrew text of this book has shown ( see, on Psalms 25 and 34 especially, Hirsch in " Am.

Thus, all the deuterocanonical books of the Old Testament are returned to their traditional Catholic order: thus the books of Tobit and Judith are placed between Nehemiah and Esther, the books of 1 Maccabees and 2 Maccabees are placed immediately after Esther, the books of Wisdom and Ecclesiasticus ( Sirach ) are placed after the Song of Songs, and the book of Baruch ( including the Letter of Jeremiah as Baruch chapter 6 ) is placed after Lamentations.

Despite the sound change differenced from most Opeth albums, it was critically acclaimed and boosted their popularity, leading to the release of Lamentations on DVD in 2004.

The books of Ruth, read on Shavuot, and Lamentations, read on the Ninth of Ab, have their own cantillation melodies as well.

Part I opens with Christine reading from Matheolus ’ s Lamentations, a work from the thirteenth century that addresses marriage wherein the author writes that women make men ’ s lives miserable. Upon reading these words, Christine becomes upset and feels ashamed to be a woman: “ This thought inspired such a great sense of disgust and sadness in me that I began to despise myself and the whole of my sex as an aberration in nature ”.

Most modern day biblical scholars assert that the Book of Lamentations was written by one or more authors in Judah, shortly after the Babylonian conquest of Jerusalem in 586 BC ; and was penned as a response to Babylonian Exile, the intense suffering of the people of Judah, and the complete and utter destruction of Jerusalem.

The theological views that led to its author ( s ) writing the Book of Lamentations emanated from the cultural and religious attitudes of the people of Judah in the 6th and 7th centuries BC and was probably also influenced by non-biblical sources which originated from the cultural and religious attitudes of Judah's neighbors of differing religions.

La Rue wrote masses, motets, Magnificats, settings of the Lamentations, and chansons, a diverse range of compositions reflective of his status as the primary composer at one of Europe's most renowned musical institutions, surrounded by other similarly creative people.

The Book of Lamentations (, Eikhah, ʾēkhā ( h )) is a poetic book of the Hebrew Bible composed by the Jewish prophet Jeremiah.

However, the strict acrostic style of four of the five poems is not found at all in the Book of Jeremiah itself and Jeremiah's name is not found anywhere in the book itself ( nor any other name, for that matter ), so authorship of Lamentations is disputed.

Most commentators see Lamentations as reflecting the period immediately following the destruction of Jerusalem in 586 BC, though Provan argues for an interpretation that is ahistorical.

On the other hand, Babylon is never mentioned in Lamentations, though this could simply be to make the point that the judgment comes from God, and is a consequence of Judah disobeying Him.

The Book of Lamentations is recited annually on the Tisha b ' Av, the anniversary of the destruction of both of the Jewish Temples as well as numerous other unfavorable days in Jewish history.

The earliest known example of Hungarian religious poetry is the Old Hungarian ' Lamentations of Mary ' from the 14th century.

( It is permitted to study the laws of mourning, as well as that material which may be studied on Tisha B ' Av, including Job, Lamentations, portions of Jeremiah and the third chapter of Talmud tractate Moed Katan.

The English word " monster ", ( used in the ordinary sense of a " huge animal ",) is used in the Bible in Jeremiah's Lamentations to refer to whales:

The epitaphios is placed on a beautifully ornate and decorate catafalque or bier before the Lamentations representing the tomb of Christ.

De lamentatione, another early work, is a contribution to the Elizabethan practice of setting groups of verses from the Lamentations of Jeremiah following the format of the Tenebrae lessons sung in the Catholic rite during the last three days of Holy Week, other contributors including Tallis, White, Parsley and the elder Ferrabosco.

A unique feature of the service is the chanting of the Lamentations or Praises ( Enkōmia ), which consist of verses chanted by the clergy interspersed between the verses of Psalm 119 ( which is, by far, the longest psalm in the Bible ).

Jeremiah is traditionally credited with authoring the Book of Jeremiah, 1 Kings, 2 Kings and the Book of Lamentations, with the assistance and under the editorship of Baruch ben Neriah, his scribe and disciple.

No cult is attested for her there, though she certainly figured as a goddess of great importance in the annual rites conducted, wherein two chosen females or priestesses played the roles of Isis and Nephthys and performed the elaborate ' Lamentations of Isis and Nephthys '.

The order of the Old Testament books in the Codex is as follows: Genesis to 2 Chronicles as normal ; 1 Esdras ; 2 Esdras ( Ezra-Nehemiah ); the Psalms ; Proverbs ; Ecclesiastes ; Song of Songs ; Job ; Wisdom ; Ecclesiasticus ; Esther ; Judith ; Tobit ; the minor prophets from Hosea to Malachi ; Isaiah ; Jeremiah ; Baruch ; Lamentations and the Epistle of Jeremiah ; Ezekiel and Daniel.

Besides the traditional cantillation, there are several verses or short phrases in the Megillah that are chanted in a different chant, the chant that is traditional for the reading of the book of Lamentations.

The service is known as the " Orthros of Lamentations at the Tomb ", because the majority of the service is composed of the clergy and faithful gathered around the tomb, chanting the " Lamentations " interspersed between the verses of Kathisma XVII ( Psalm 118 ).