Sacred Scripture · Old Testament

Lamentations

5 Chapters · Douay-Rheims Bible · Old Testament

About This Book

In these Jeremiah laments in a most pathetical manner the miseries of his people, and the destruction of Jerusalem and the temple, in Hebrew verses, beginning with different letters according to the order of the Hebrew alphabet. (For more information, see the article JEREMIAS in the Catholic Encyclopedia.)

Chapter Directory

  1. Chapter 1First alphabetical cycle.
  2. Chapter 2Second alphabetical cycle.
  3. Chapter 3Third alphabetical cycle.
  4. Chapter 4Fourth alphabetical cycle.
  5. Chapter 5The prayer of Jeremiah the Prophet.

Edition Record

Book
Lamentations
Translation
Douay-Rheims Bible
Old Testament
First published at Douay in 1609
New Testament
First published at Rheims in 1582
Revision and Notes
Bishop Richard Challoner, 1749
Historical Imprimatur
James Cardinal Gibbons, Archbishop of Baltimore, 1 September 1899