Lamentations Preview Jeremiah, also known as the weeping prophet, is the likely author of Lamentations. He wrote this sorrowful compilation of poems after Jerusalem fell

Read Lamentations 2 2 How the Lord has covered Daughter Zion     with the cloud of his anger! He has hurled down the splendor of Israel

Read Lamentations 3 3 I am the man who has seen affliction     by the rod of the Lord’s wrath. 2 He has driven me away and made

Read Lamentations 4 4 How the gold has lost its luster,     the fine gold become dull! The sacred gems are scattered     at every street corner.

Read Lamentations 5 5 Remember, Lord, what has happened to us;     look, and see our disgrace. 2 Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers,     our homes to foreigners. 3 We