The Bible, King James version, Book 25: Lamentations by Anonymous

"The Bible, King James version, Book 25: Lamentations" by Anonymous is a collection of poetic laments composed shortly after 586 BCE. Five poems mourn Jerusalem's destruction, presenting the catastrophe as divine punishment for communal sin. The tone is devastatingly bleak—God remains silent, suffering overwhelms, and hope flickers dimly. Yet the author doesn't blame God, instead affirming divine righteousness while wrestling with an agonizing possibility: perhaps God has finally rejected his people forever. Will mercy arrive, or has abandonment become permanent? (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Anonymous
Title The Bible, King James version, Book 25: Lamentations
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Lamentations
Credits This eBook was produced by David Widger with the help of Derek Andrew's text from January 1992 and the work of Bryan Taylor in November 2002
Reading Level Reading ease score: 82.7 (6th grade). Easy to read.
Language English
LoC Class BS: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Christianity: The Bible, Old and New Testament
Subject Bible. Lamentations
Category Text
eBook-No. 8025
Release Date
Last Update Dec 26, 2020
Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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