Book of Lamentations

The Book of Lamentations is a set of five poems supposedly written by Jeremiah, a Jewish "prophet". It is considered to be a fairly firsthand account of the conquest of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar and the destruction of the First Temple in 586 BCE.

Structure
The structure is fairly predictable.


 * Jews do bad things to upset God.
 * God decides to give the Jews yet another incredibly harsh object lesson to see if they'll finally "get it".
 * Jews lament what has happened and promise to never upset God again.
 * The following Tuesday, the cycle begins anew.