lamentations
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The Book of Lamentations contains a plea that God should “renew our days as of old.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026
He put all of his effort into his music, resulting in 2016’s Lamentations, an EP of intimate soul hymnals constructed round lightly fingered riffs.
From The Guardian • Feb. 29, 2020
Lamentations for the Oscar-less are as much a part of the awards season as whisper campaigns, DVD screeners and the overuse of the word “snub.”
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 30, 2018
The Rev. Kevin Young has opened the Book of Jubilees and the Book of Lamentations, and he is here to pray.
From New York Times • Apr. 26, 2018
To the great synagogue must be referred the compilation of the second canon, containing Joshua, Judges with Ruth, Samuel, Kings, Isaiah, Jeremiah with Lamentations, Ezekiel and the twelve minor prophets.
From The Canon of the Bible by Davidson, Samuel
