Lamentations
Summary Lamentations is a book that sings of the tragedy of Jerusalem’s fall in the form of laments, containing both repentance and hope.
- Date written
- c. 586 BC (around that time)
- Historical period
- Immediately after the fall of Jerusalem
Background
It is set in the mourning immediately after the disaster of the temple’s destruction and the collapse of the community.
Content
It expresses both the justice of the judgment and the seriousness of sin, and yet hope in the mercy and faithfulness of the LORD.