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In our world today, suffering and uncertainty seems to prevail. Interestingly, the book of Lamentations offers a profound and poignant exploration of the human experience. This ancient text, from the prophet Jeremiah, is a gut-wrenching and heart-wrenching expression of grief, sorrow, and longing.

Lamentations is Jeremiah’s eyewitness account of the terrible suffering of a people who watch priest and prophet killed in the temple and are driven in desperation to “eat their own children”. Join Logos Bible Study’s Dr. Bill Creasy as he explores the five acrostic poems that compose the book of Lamentations.

The book of Jeremiah shares a detailed, personal narrative of Judah’s capture and exile. Jeremiah’s heart broke for his people as he prophesied and suffered alongside them, but his tearful warnings of judgment are pierced by soaring promises of a new heart and a beautiful future. The book of Lamentations is the deeply poetic cry of the Weeping Prophet after the destruction of Jerusalem and the temple. It provides a prayerful and liturgical framework to mourn loss, voice grief, and confess sin while still hoping in God’s ever-present mercy and forgiveness.

The Book of Lamentations (Eichah) delivers an unfiltered, moving rendition of this ancient poetic masterpiece. Faithfully translated from the original Hebrew, this edition captures the sorrow, repentance, and enduring hope found in Jeremiah's lament over Jerusalem's fall.

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The Book of Lamentations is a collection of poetic laments for the destruction of Jerusalem in 586 BCE. In the Hebrew Bible it appears in the Ketuvim ("Writings") as one of the Five Megillot (or "Five Scrolls") alongside the Song of Songs, Book of Ruth, Ecclesiastes and the Book of Esther although there is no set order. In the Christian Old Testament it follows the Book of Jeremiah, as the prophet Jeremiah is its traditional author.

Lamentations, narrated by Daniel Daniel Jensen, from The Holy Bible, Old Testament, Authorized King James Version

The JPS TANAKH: The Jewish Bible, audio version is a recorded version of the JPS TANAKH, the most widely read English translation of the Hebrew, or Jewish, Bible. Produced and recorded for The Jewish Publication Society (JPS) by The Jewish Braille Institute (JBI), this complete, unabridged audio version of the Book of Lamentations features approximately twenty minutes of readings by one narrator.

Discover the profound wisdom of the Bible's Major Prophets - Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel and Daniel. Owing to their length among the Bible’s prophetic books, these are considered the Major Prophets due to their depth, scope and significance in shaping God's message. For centuries, believers have turned to these sacred texts for guidance, hope and transformation. Now, it's your turn!

The Common English Bibleis not simply a revision or update of an existing translation. It is a bold new translation designed to meet the needs of Christians as they work to build a strong and meaningful relationship with God through Jesus Christ. A key goal of the translation team was to make the Bible accessible to a broad range of people; it’s written at a comfortable level for over half of all English speakers.

The tone of the book is set by a man deeply troubled about the state of his fellow Jews and the world in general. He is reaching out to the Jews in exile in Babylon attempting to explain to them that their captivity and exile is God's response to Israel's pagan worship. Jeremiah frames his metaphors in several ways, hoping the Jews will understand the weight of their sins. He tells them they are like an unfaithful wife, rebellious children, and their infidelity and rebelliousness made God’s judgment inevitable.

Les raisons qui poussent quelqu'un à pleurer nous en apprennent beaucoup sur lui ; elles nous montrent s'il est centré sur lui même ou sur Dieu.

"Le livre des Lamentations" ou "Lamentations de Jérémie" est un livre du Tanakh et de l'Ancien Testament. L'auteur est anonyme. Il est constitué de cinq poèmes déplorant la destruction de Jérusalem, probablement composés en Judée ou par des Judéens en exil. Il est traditionnellement attribué au prophète Jérémie. Son contenu se rapporte à une période entre 598 av. J.-C., date de la première déportation, et la prise de Babylone par Cyrus en 538 av. J.-C.

The Holy Bible, New Living Translation, is an authoritative Bible translation, rendered faithfully into today’s English from the ancient texts by 90 leading Bible scholars. The NLT’s living language breathes life into even the most difficult-to-understand Bible passages—but even more powerful are stories of how people’s lives are changing as the words speak directly to their hearts.

The books of the Bible were written at different times by different authors over a period of approximately 1,500 years from around 1400BC through 90AD. The Old Testament was written in Biblical Hebrew excluding the Books written during "The Chaldean captivity" such as Daniel and Ezra which were written in "Biblical Aramaic" during the "Chaldean captivity". Many of the Books of the Old Testament bear the names of the Prophets who authored them. Moses compiled the earlier parts of Genesis and directly authored the remaining portion.

In this audio compilation of the Book of Lamentations, the narrator offers a collection of poetic laments of the Destruction of Jerusalem. Here, we focus on how the collection is partly a traditional "city lament" mourning the desertion of the city by God, its destruction, and the ultimate return of the divinity, and partly a funeral dirge in which the bereaved bewails and addresses the dead.

George W. Sarris is an accomplished actor, narrator, and spokesman. He served on the Board of the Screen Actors Guild in Boston, and has been a spokesman for radio and television commercials and industrial films for companies such as AT&T, BMW, Burger King, Duracell, Honda, Pizza Hut, Sprint, and UPS. Mr. Sarris holds the degrees of Bachelor of Science in Speech from Northwestern University, and Master of Divinity from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary.

British Narrator Simon Peterson reads The Book of Lamentations in this wonderful audiobook collection of The Old Testament. As a well-known Christian Broadcaster, Simon has the ideal voice for those of all ages who want to listen to The Bible in full, unabridged form. His emotive reading perfectly captures the beauty and power of God's Word and makes the King James English clear and easy to understand.

Israel has not repented from their ways, and in turn God has punished them. Lamentations refutes any idea that suffering must be passive and private. This book contains poems filled with deep sorrow in response to the capture of Jerusalem and the destruction of the Temple. Listen to the speaker as he refuses to be silent in the face of suffering and as he waits on the Lord to bring restoration.

The book of Lamentations follows the book of Jeremiah in the Christian Old Testament and consists of five poems. The first poem laments for the siege and destruction of Jerusalem; the second describes the sorrow in connection with sin and God's will; the third considers better days to come; the fourth expresses sorrow towards the ruined city and temple but traces it back to sin; and the fifth is a prayer with four lessons for overcoming sin, melancholy and loss.