Lamentations of Jeremiah is a poem from the Book of Jeremiah in the Old Testament, lamenting the destruction of the Jerusalem Temple by the Babylonians and the sinfulness of fallen and captured Israel. In Jewish liturgy, this work is a number in the rituals of the 9th of Av (July and August, days of lamentation and commemoration of the destruction of the Temple). In Catholic liturgy, it corresponds to the three days of Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and Holy Saturday, sung at Matins in the morning. This work, along with the same text Lamentations by Victoria, Morales, and Palestrina, constitutes the pinnacle of motet-style works in Renaissance music. These are spiritual motets, with delicate word images. These performances of sublime music are sublime and have a richness of sonority. The songs are highly expressive, reflecting Lassus's deep feelings for personal salvation, and reflecting the call for Israel's salvation from the Babylonians, from the former Egyptians.