Lamentations
Poetic biblical mourning
Lamentations is a book of the Hebrew Bible and Christian Old Testament, traditionally attributed to the prophet Jeremiah.
It consists of poetic laments mourning the destruction of Jerusalem and its temple by Babylon in 586 BCE.
The book's mournful verses are read in Jewish liturgy on Tisha B'Av and in Christian services during Holy Week. (Lowercase lamentations means expressions of grief.)
Old Testament major prophet
- Tisha B'AvJewish fast commemorating calamities
- ZionBiblical promised homeland
- TempleNamed religious structure
- exileBanishment from homeland
Babylon · destruction · Judah · Nebuchadnezzar · siege · covenant · disobedience · punishment
Remorseful rejection of past wrongs
- penitenceRemorse for misdeeds
- contritionRemorseful state over misdeeds
- supplicationHumble plea for help
- intercessionActing on another's behalf
confession · atonement · devotion · prayer · fasting · prostration · humility · mercy
Jeremiah
Old Testament major prophet
- Tisha B'AvJewish fast commemorating calamities
- ZionBiblical promised homeland
- TempleNamed religious structure
exile · Babylon · destruction · Judah · Nebuchadnezzar · siege · covenant · disobedience · punishment · scrolls
repentance
Remorseful rejection of past wrongs
- penitenceRemorse for misdeeds
- contritionRemorseful state over misdeeds
- supplicationHumble plea for help
intercession · confession · atonement · devotion · prayer · fasting · prostration · humility · mercy · redemption
- Bible BooksGenesis, Exodus, Proverbs, Matthew, Mark
- Hebrew BibleTanakh, Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers
- Biblical BooksIsaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Book of Daniel, Jonah
- Biblical Sufferingaffliction, agony, anguish, Job, pain
- choral musicchoral music, choral works, choral arrangements, choral arrangement, choir arrangements
- holy textsBible, Koran, Torah, Tanakh, Old Testament
LamentationsSong of Solomon
Biblical erotic poetry
jubilation · celebration · rejoicing · exultation · hallelujah
LamentationsExodus
Mass departure from a place
Song of Songs · Song of Solomon · victory songs · homecoming · redemption
Lamentationshymns
Religious songs of worship
odes · victory songs · wedding songs · panegyric · anthem