Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsThou hast drawn near in the day I call Thee, Thou hast said, Fear not.
Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee; thou saidst, Fear not.
You drew near when I called on You; You said, “Do not be afraid.”
Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee; thou saidst, Fear not.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentLamentations — Five poems over the ruin of Jerusalem. The first four are alphabetic acrostics — every letter of the Hebrew alphabet drafted to hold the weight of grief. At the book's centre, mercy renewed every morning.
- Author
- Traditionally Jeremiah (cf. 2 Chron 35:25); the book itself is anonymous
- Date
- Shortly after Jerusalem's fall, c. 586 BC