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- Lamentations was probably written shortly after the destruction of Jerusalem.
- Lamentations is an Acrostic Arrangement which is a verse or arrangement of words in which certain letters in each line, as the first or last, when taken in order spell out a word, motto, etc.
- In Lamentations each chapter has 22 verses or a multiple of 22 verses.
- The 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet are used in succession to begin each verse in chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5.
- In chapter 3 each of the 22 Hebrew letters are used in succession after every third verse.
- The three Jewish grouping of writings in the Old Testament are:
- The Law
- The Prophets
- The Writings
- The Rolls are read publicly at a Jewish Festival.
- The five rolls are:
- The Song of Solomon
- Ruth
- Ecclesiastes
- Esther
- Lamentations