Major Prophets · Old Testament
Lamentations
Lamentations has 5 chapters and 154 verses. Its verses carry 2,011 cross-references to other passages (562 with at least 4 reader votes), and it links with 61 of the other 65 books, most strongly with Psalms, Jeremiah and Isaiah.
When was Lamentations written, and by whom?
Traditionally written by Jeremiah, by tradition, 586–580 BC.
Its events are set in 588 BC, by the dates on the timeline.
Traditional authorship dates as conservative introductions give them; critical dates where most critical scholars differ. Sources and both reckonings: the timeline.
Chapters
Brighter = more strong links (at least 4 votes, either direction).
Most connected verses in Lamentations
- Lamentations 3:25 69 strong links
- Lamentations 3:26 61 strong links
- Lamentations 3:40 40 strong links
- Lamentations 3:22 36 strong links
- Lamentations 3:23 31 strong links
- Lamentations 3:32 29 strong links
- Lamentations 3:24 25 strong links
- Lamentations 2:19 24 strong links
Which books does Lamentations connect to most?
- Psalms 261
- Jeremiah 121
- Isaiah 106
- Job 60
- Ezekiel 46
- Deuteronomy 22
- Luke 22
- Hosea 17
- Matthew 16
- Micah 15
- 2 Chronicles 15
- Nehemiah 15
Counts are links with at least 4 votes between the two books, either direction.