Lamentations contains five poems written after the destruction of Jerusalem. The poems express mourning by the people for the city.
I suppose we do not know the authors. The poems seem to take the perspective of someone looking at the mess of what has become Jerusalem. So, I lean towards it was written by someone who was left behind during the exile, although other texts state that they were largely uneducated people.
The poems do contain a message of hope. In particular, chapter three looks forward to a time of redemption.
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