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
Lamentations rise into balmy air, weeping mourners embrace, and shovels bite the sandy earth.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 17, 2023
My favorite book of the summer so far is Ilija Trojanow’s “The Lamentations of Zeno.”
From The New Yorker • Jul. 19, 2016
Lamentations and motets by Tomás Luis de Victoria.
From New York Times • Mar. 27, 2015
Jeremiah wrote his book, the books of Kings and Lamentations.
From The Canon of the Bible by Davidson, Samuel
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
