Book 25 of 66 · Old Testament · Major Prophets
Lamentations
Lamentations is the 25th book of the Bible and the 25th of the 39 books of the Old Testament. It belongs to the Major Prophets section (Major Prophets) and has 5 chapters.
- Book number
- 25 of 66
- Testament
- Old Testament (25 of 39)
- Section
- Major Prophets
- Group
- Major Prophets
- Chapters
- 5
- Abbreviation
- Lam
- Comes after
- Jeremiah
- Comes before
- Ezekiel
About Lamentations
Lamentations is five poems of grief over the destruction of Jerusalem in 586 BC, traditionally attributed to Jeremiah. Four of the five are acrostics on the Hebrew alphabet.
Where is Lamentations in the Bible?
Open a Bible near the middle: Lamentations is book 25 of 66, right after Jeremiah and just before Ezekiel. In the Old Testament it is number 25 of 39, in the Major Prophets section (“major” means long, not more important).
Practise Lamentations
- Find Lamentations in Book Hunt — tap it on a shelf of all 66 spines before the timer runs out.
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- Is Lamentations canon? Canon or Not — tell the real 66 from apocryphal and invented titles.
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- Shelve Major Prophets in Order the Books — learn Lamentations's neighbours by placing the whole section in order.
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