Old Testament · Major prophets
Lamentations
Five poems of grief over the destruction of Jerusalem, with a short section of hope at their centre.
Book 25 of 66 · 5 chapters · 154 verses
Chapters
Selected passages from Lamentations
Passages from this book that have been reviewed as reading clearly on their own.
22It is because of the LORD’s loving kindnesses that we are not consumed, because his mercies don’t fail. 23They are new every morning. Great is your faithfulness.
Reading a whole book
Chapter and verse numbers were added centuries after these texts were written, and they occasionally fall in awkward places. If a chapter seems to begin mid-thought, it may well be doing exactly that — reading the end of the previous chapter usually resolves it.