The book of Lamentations is a collection of five poems mourning the destruction of Jerusalem and sits in the poetic and prophetic books; it has 5 chapters in the King James Version.
Lamentations is traditionally attributed to Jeremiah. Lamentations is traditionally attributed to Jeremiah and follows his prophetic book in the Old Testament order; four of its five chapters are acrostic poems. A well-known passage from this book is Lamentations 3:22-23. Read the full book at Lamentations.