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Jeremiah lamented for Josiah, and all the singing men and singing women spoke of Josiah in their lamentations to this day; and they made them an ordinance in Israel. Behold, they are written in the lamentations.
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Verse 25. Lamentations. Some think that we have them in the Bible. Josephus, and so forth—Others believe that they are lost. Salien, A. 3425.—Law, on the anniversary; ( Menochius.) or when any calamity occurs, the lamentations of Jeremias are used. Tirinus.—There were collections of such poems, as well as of canticles, for victory and marriages. Calmet.
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