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Lamentations 3
Lamentations 3 is the third chapter of the Book of Lamentations in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christianity, Christian Bible, part of the Ketuvim, Ketuvim ("Writings"). Text The original text was written in Biblical Hebrew, Hebrew language. This chapter, the longest in the book, is Chapters and verses of the Bible, divided into 66 verses. The chapter is acrostic, divided into 22 stanzas. The stanzas consist of three lines (each line is numbered as one verse), each of which begins with the same Hebrew letter of the Hebrew alphabet in regular order (22 letters of alphabet in number, make up the total of 66 verses). Textual versions Some early witnesses for the text of this chapter in Hebrew language, Hebrew are of the Masoretic Text, which includes Leningrad Codex, Codex Leningradensis (1008). Fragments containing parts of this chapter were found among the Dead Sea Scrolls, i.e., 3Q3 (3QLam; 30 BCE‑50 CE) with extant verses 53-62 There is also a translation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Book Of Lamentations
The Book of Lamentations ( he, אֵיכָה, , from its incipit meaning "how") is a collection of poetic laments for the destruction of Jerusalem in 586 BCE. In the Hebrew Bible it appears in the Ketuvim ("Writings") as one of the Five Megillot (or "Five Scrolls") alongside the Song of Songs, Book of Ruth, Ecclesiastes and the Book of Esther although there is no set order. In the Christian Old Testament it follows the Book of Jeremiah, as the prophet Jeremiah is its traditional author. However, according to modern scholarship, while the destruction of Jerusalem by Babylon in 586/7 BCE forms the background to the poems, they were probably not written by Jeremiah. Most likely, each of the book's chapters was written by a different anonymous poet, and they were then joined to form the book. Some motifs of a traditional Mesopotamian "city lament" are evident in this book, such as mourning the desertion of the city by God, its destruction, and the ultimate return of the di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
