01711cam a22003013u 4500 8329 UtSlPG 20260610133220.0 m cr n 260607r2005||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG en iso639-1 BS The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 29: Lamentations of Jeremias : The Challoner Revision Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2005 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Lamentations Release date is 2005-06-01 This eBook was produced by David Widger from etext #1581 prepared by Dennis McCarthy, Atlanta, Georgia and Tad Book, student, Pontifical North American College, Rome "The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 29: Lamentations of Jeremias" is a collection of poetic laments written shortly after 586 BCE. Five separate poems mourn Jerusalem's destruction, describing the city as a desolate widow overwhelmed by misery. The work presents suffering as divine punishment for communal sin, acknowledging God's righteousness while offering no guaranteed deliverance. Combining funeral dirge with communal plea, these verses move from disaster to the bitter possibility that God may have finally rejected His people, leaving hope uncertain. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Original publication data not identified Bible. Lamentations https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/8329 50311 50311