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The Book of Lamentations (Hebrew: אֵיכָה, ʾĒḵā, from its incipit meaning "how") is a collection of poetic laments for the destruction of Jerusalem in 586 BC. [1] In the Hebrew Bible , it appears in the Ketuvim ("Writings") as one of the Five Megillot ("Five Scrolls") alongside the Song of Songs , Book of Ruth , Ecclesiastes , and the ...
2 Peter 2:4–10 [35] says that just as God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah and saved Lot, he will deliver godly people from temptations and punish the wicked on Judgement Day. Jude 1:7 [ 36 ] records that both Sodom and Gomorrah "indulged in sexual immorality and pursued unnatural lust, serve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire."
All five of these megillot ("scrolls") are traditionally read publicly in the synagogue over the course of the year in many Jewish communities. [4] In common printed editions of the Tanakh they appear in the order that they are read in the synagogue on holidays (beginning with Passover). [2]: p. 226
The Ethiopic Lamentations of Jeremiah (Geʽez: Säqoqawä Eremyas) [1] is a pseudepigraphic text, belonging to the Old Testament canons of the Beta Israel [2] and Ethiopian Orthodox Church. It is not considered canonical by any other Judeo-Christian-Islamic groups.
A lament in the Book of Lamentations or in the Psalms, in particular in the Lament/Complaint Psalms of the Tanakh, may be looked at as "a cry of need in a context of crisis when Israel lacks the resources to fend for itself". [8] Another way of looking at it is all the more basic: laments simply being "appeals for divine help in distress". [9]
The NHL will hold its first best-on-best tournament since the 2016 World Cup of Hockey when the 4 Nations Face-Off begins on Wednesday.. NHL players from the United States, Canada, Finland and ...
Tom Brady received praise on Saturday night for making an astute observation during a crucial point of the Washington Commanders' win over the Detroit Lions.
[4]: 1 The Sumerians decided that such a catastrophic event could only be explained through divine intervention and wrote in the lament that the gods, "An, Enlil, Enki and Ninmah decided [Ur's] fate". [5]: 117 The Lament for Eridu. Unlike Ur or Akkad we don't have a good idea of how Eridu actually fell, or when other than in the Early Dynastic ...