Book of Lamentations in Wikipedia
The Book of Lamentations (Hebrew: אֵיכָה, Eikha, ʾēḫā(h)) is a
book of the Hebrew Bible. In Judaism it is traditionally
recited on the fast day of Tisha B'Av and in Christianity it
is traditionally read during Tenebrae of the Holy Triduum. It
is called in the Hebrew canon 'Eikhah, meaning "How," being
the formula for the commencement of a song of wailing. It is
the first word of the book (see 2 Sam. 1:19-27). The
Septuagint adopted the name rendered "Lamentations" (or
"Threnoi Hieremiou", abbreviated "Thren." in some Latin
commentaries, from the Greek threnoi = Hebrew qinoth) now in
common use, to denote the character of the book, in which the
prophet mourns over the desolations brought on Jerusalem and
the Holy Land by the Chaldeans. In the Hebrew Bible (the
Tanakh) it is placed among the Ketuvim, the Writings. Many
people believe Jeremiah was the author, but they still to this
day, do not know for sure...
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