OET-RV LAM Introduction

Introduction

The document named Sorrows (or in older English Lamentations) is this collection of writings concerning the sorrow due to large destruction what happened of Yerushalem, and of capture of locals there, of 586 year(s) of not yet born the Master Yeshua. And/Now even still of sadness naheraman shown of this document, there is/are also shown concerning the trusting there to Master God and the hope of coming times. These poems were used by Jews[fn] there to me worshipping at time of each year(s) fasting and sorrow until today, in order to mourn Yerushalem’s destruction.

Several of these sorrowful chapters are acrostic poems, i.e., the first verse starts with the first Hebrew letter (alef) and the second with the second Hebrew letter (beyt), etc. We have chosen to display those Hebrew letters to help the English reader understand that there is that acrostic background to the poem.

This is still a very early look into the unfinished text of the Open English Translation of the Bible. Please double-check the text in advance before using in public.