The Book of Lamentations is traditionally attributed to which prophet and describes the sorrow and mourning over the fall of Jerusalem?

JAMB Christian Religious Studies 2023 172 views
Source: JAMB · 2023

The Book of Lamentations is traditionally attributed to which prophet and describes the sorrow and mourning over the fall of Jerusalem?

  1. Ezekiel
  2. Jeremiah ✓
  3. Daniel
  4. Amos
Explanation

Tradition says Jeremiah, the “weeping prophet”, wrote Lamentations. The book mourns the fall of Jerusalem to Babylon in 586 BC.

Ezekiel and Daniel were also in exile, but they are not credited with this book.

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