Book of Lamentations

book of the Old Testament containing poems mourning the destruction of Jerusalem (ascribed to Jeremiah)

For the musical setting of verses from Lamentations, see Lamentations of Jeremiah the Prophet. The Book of Lamentations (Hebrew  איכה ʾēḫā(h), Eikha) is a book of the Bible Old Testament and Jewish Tanakh. It is traditionally read by the Jewish people on Tisha B'Av, the fast day that commemorates the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem.
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Noun
1. an Old Testament book lamenting the desolation of Judah after the destruction of Jerusalem in 586 BC; traditionally attributed to the prophet Jeremiah
(synonym) Lamentations
(hypernym) book
(part-holonym) Hagiographa, Ketubim, Writings