In the Book of Lamentations, Eicha, the prophet Jeremiah records his impressions of the destructions of Jerusalem and the First Temple, and the exile of the Jews from the Land of Israel. It is a very emotional book in which the prophet expresses feelings of intense loneliness, a sense of utter abandonment, desolation, desecration of that which was sacred, pain and suffering. There are times when he even seems to challenge God for allowing it to happen, yet it also contains elements of prayer, faith and hope.
