Opinion: The Book of Lamentations is not a treatise on foreign policy, yet it stands as an enduring reminder that a nation that loses its network of external support can become dan

Opinion: The Book of Lamentations is not a treatise on foreign policy, yet it stands as an enduring reminder that a nation that loses its network of external support can become dangerously vulnerable. Link The foreign policy lesson hidden in Lamentations - opinion Jewish tradition attributes Lamentations to the prophet Jeremiah, who was persecuted in part because he warned against relying on Egypt. He thought Babylon would determine Judea's fate.