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<li>Lamentations was probably written shortly after the destruction of Jerusalem.
<li>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.
<li>In Lamentations each chapter has 22 verses or a multiple of 22 verses.
<li>The 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet are used in succession to begin each verse in chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5.
<li>In chapter 3 each of the 22 Hebrew letters are used in succession after every third verse.
<li>The three Jewish grouping of writings in the Old Testament are:
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<li>The Law
<li>The Prophets
<li>The Writings
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<li>The Rolls are read publicly at a Jewish Festival.
<li>The five rolls are:
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<ul>
<li>The Song of Solomon
<li>Ruth
<li>Ecclesiastes
<li>Esther
<li>Lamentations
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