Editing Book of Lamentations (section)

==In liturgy==
Lamentations is recited annually by Jews on the fast day of [[Tisha B'Av]] (the Ninth of [[Av (month)|Av]]) (July–August), mourning the destructions of both the [[First Temple]] (by the Babylonians in 586&nbsp;BCE) and the [[Second Temple]] (by the Romans in 70&nbsp;CE).{{sfn|Berlin|2018|p=1163}}{{sfn|Berlin|2014}}{{sfn|Aarons|Levitsky|2019|p=36}} In many manuscripts and for [[Jewish prayer|synagogue liturgical]] use, [[#Verse 21|Lamentations 5:21]] is repeated after verse 22, so that the reading does not end with a painful statement—a practice also performed for the last verse of [[Book of Isaiah|Isaiah]], [[Book of Ecclesiastes|Ecclesiastes]], and [[Book of Malachi|Malachi]],<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ellicott |first=C. J. |title=A Bible Commentary for English Readers |chapter=Lamentations 5:22 |publisher=Arkose Press |year=2015 |orig-year=1878 |isbn=9781345350784}}</ref> "so that the reading in the Synagogue might close with words of comfort".<ref>Skinner, J., [https://biblehub.com/commentaries/cambridge/isaiah/66.htm Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges] on Isaiah 66, accessed 1 July 2019</ref>

In [[Christian]] tradition, readings from Lamentations are part of the [[Holy Week]] liturgies.{{sfn|Berlin|2018|p=1163}}

In [[Western Christianity]], readings (often chanted) and choral settings of extracts from the book are used in the [[Lent]]en religious service known as {{lang|la|[[Tenebrae]]}} ([[Latin]] for 'darkness'). In the [[Church of England]], readings are used at [[Morning Prayer (Anglican)|Morning]] and [[Evening Prayer (Anglican)|Evening Prayer]] on the [[Holy Monday|Monday]] and [[Holy Tuesday|Tuesday]] of [[Holy Week]], and at Evening Prayer on [[Good Friday]].

In the [[Coptic Orthodox Church]], the book's third chapter is chanted on the 12th hour of the Good Friday service, which commemorates the [[burial of Jesus]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Robertson-Wilson |first=Marian |url=https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/mi/17/ |title=Bountiful Harvest: Essays in Honor of S. Kent Brown |date=2011 |publisher=Maxwell Institute Publications |editor-last=Skinner |editor-first=Andrew |pages=365–366 |chapter=Chapter 18 Good Friday and the Copts: Glimpses in to the Drama of This Holy Day |chapter-url=https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?filename=19&article=1016&context=mi&type=additional |isbn=9780842528047}}</ref>