Lamentations 5
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Lamentations 1:1 - 1:11 on the first page of Book of Lamentations in Codex Sinaiticus (AD 330-350).
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| Book | Book of Lamentations |
| Bible part | Old Testament |
| Order in the Bible part | 25 |
| Category | Ketuvim |
Lamentations 5 is the fifth (and the last) chapter of the Book of Lamentations in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. This chapter contains the elegies of prophet Jeremiah as a humble prayer, presenting to the Lord their great misery, Lamentations 5:1-15, confessing their sins, Lamentations 5:16-18, imploring deliverance, Lamentations 5:19-22. It is a part of the Ketuvim ("Writings").
Some most ancient manuscripts containing this chapter in Hebrew language:
Ancient translations in Koine Greek:
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NKJV:
Masoretic text (from right to left)
Transliteration:
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