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Lamentations is sometimes treated along with Jeremiah in a single commentary.

Major Commentaries on Lamentations

  • Berlin, Adele. Lamentations: A Commentary. Old Testament Library. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 2002
  • Calvin, John. Commentaries on the Book of the Prophet Jeremiah and the Lamentations. Translated and edited by John Owen. Vol. 5. Calvin’s Commentaries. Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 1950.
  • Dearman, J. Andrew. Jeremiah and Lamentations. NIV Application Commentary. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2002.
  • Dobbs-Allsopp, F. W. Lamentations. Interpretation. Louisville, KY: John Knox Press, 2002.
  • Hillers, Delbert R. Lamentations. 2nd ed. Anchor Bible. New York: Doubleday, 1992.
  • House, Duane. “Lamentations.” In Song of Songs, Lamentations, by Duane Garrett and Paul R. House, 267–473. Word Biblical Commentary. Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 2004.
  • Keil, C. F. The Prophecies of Jeremiah. Vol. 2, translated by James Kennedy. Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament. Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 1956.
  • Provan, Iain. Lamentations. New Century Bible Commentary. Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans, 1991.
  • Renkema, Johan. Lamentations. Historical Commentary on the Old Testament. Leuven, Belgium: Peeters, 1998.
  • Ryken, Philip Graham. Jeremiah and Lamentations. Preaching the Word. Wheaton, IL: Crossway Books, 2001.
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