It was written by the prophet jeremiah, before they were taken captive to Babylon as slaves.
The Second Book of Jeremiah?
Jeremiah
The Book of Lamentations is about the destruction of Jerusalem. It follows the Book of Jeremiah who is said to be the author who wrote it.
Jewish tradition is that, like the other prophets, Jeremiah wrote the book which is named after him. (Talmud, Bava Bathra 14b-15a.)
Jeremiah is accredited with writing the book of Jeremiah and Lamentations, both found in the Old Testament. Jewish tradition also ascribes the Book of Kings (1 Kings and 2 Kings) to Jeremiah.
The Book of Kings was written by Jeremiah, who also wrote Lamentations as well as the Book of Jeremiah (Talmud, Bava Bathra 14b). See also the links.Link: History of the Hebrew BibleLink: Reliability of the Hebrew Bible
Because the human author was Jeremiah, who wrote the book of Jeremiah and is a major prophet.
The Book of Jeremiah was written during the late 7th to early 6th century BCE. Jeremiah, the prophet and author of the book, lived during the final decades of the Kingdom of Judah before its destruction by the Babylonians in 586 BCE. The text of the book reflects the historical and political context of this period, including the fall of Jerusalem and the exile of the Israelites to Babylon.
While the writer is not formally named, it is generally thought that the prophet Jeremiah wrote the book. See attached article for more information.
Chronicles, Ezra, Matthew. Do you mean the Prophet or just the name? He also wrote Lamentations, if that's what you mean.
The Book of Jeremiah was written by prophet Jeremiah for the Israelites.
The prophet Jeremiah wrote the book of Jeremiah. It is actually a fairly long book, with 52 chapters in it. Jeremiah is a book in the Old Testament, found after Isaiah and before Lamentations. Lamentations was also written by Jeremiah, and is like an appendix to the Book of Jeremiah.