Lamentations 1 (original) (raw)

Lamentations 1 is the first chapter of the Book of Lamentations in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible, part of the Ketuvim ("Writings"). This book contains the elegies of prophet Jeremiah, as he laments the former excellence and present misery of Jerusalem (Lamentations 1:1–11), complaining of her grief (Lamentations 1:12–17); he confesses the righteousness of God's judgments and prays to God (Lamentations 1:18–22).