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Lamentations 4 is the fourth chapter of the Book of Lamentations in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible , part of the Ketuvim ("Writings") .1This book contains the elegies of the prophet Jeremiah . In this chapter, Zion mourns her misery and confesses her sins ( Lamentations 4:1–6 ); great miseries are recorded: women killed their own children ( Lamentations 4:7–12 ), the sins of the false prophets and priests ( Lamentations 4:13–19 ); the king was taken prisoner ( Lamentations 4:20 ). In the final verses, Edom is threatened, but is Zion comforted ( Lamentations 4:21,22 ).2The Oxford Companion to the Bible .3
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Book of Lamentations, chapter 4 Lamentations 4 is the fourth chapter of the Book of Lamentations in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible , part of the Ketuvim ("Writings") . The Oxford Companion to the Bible .
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “fourth chapter of the book of lamentations in the hebrew bible or the old testament of the christian bible”. Today it says “redirect from a page that was merged into another page”. Sections present on October 6, 2023 no longer exist: “Textual versions; Verse 1; Verse 2; Verses 16–17”. Read the current article and compare.
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fourth chapter of the book of lamentations in the hebrew bible or the old testament of the christian bible
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redirect from a page that was merged into another page
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