Lamentations 1:32

CHAPTER I.

[Preface] And, &c. This preface was not written by Jeremias, but added by the seventy interpreters, to give the reader to understand upon what occasion the Lamentations were published. (Challoner) --- The author is not known, (Worthington) and few assert with Gretser that it is canonical; as it is only a title, (Calmet) like those prefixed to the Psalms. (Haydock) --- It is not found in Hebrew, Chaldean, Syriac, or St. Jerome. (Calmet)