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Jeremiah and Lamentations: An Introduction and Commentary (Lalleman) is unavailable, but you can change that!

Despite the themes of doom and destruction, the primary message of Jeremiah is one of the love and grace of a God who never gives up on those he has called to be his own. The prophet’s life is characterized by suffering, but he points to a new beginning, a new covenant and a new hope, eventually made possible through the unique Suffering Servant. Lamentations powerfully expresses personal and...

The book of Lamentations consists of long laments (Lamentationes in Latin) over the defeat of Judah and the destruction of Jerusalem and its temple in 587 BC, although this date is not mentioned in the text. The prophet Jeremiah, who witnessed these events first-hand, is often thought to have uttered these laments. And indeed, the Septuagint adds at the beginning of the book that Jeremiah, after Israel had gone into exile and Jerusalem was laid waste, sat down weeping and composed
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