From the way the events are described in Lamentations 2:1–22, it can be derived that the author is a close eyewitness to these events. It is also evident that he recorded his impressions immediately after the event; this can be surmised from the following examples: the desperation of the people and their leaders (Lamentations 2:9–10); the children dying of hunger (Lamentations 2:12) and the triumph of the enemies (Lamentations 2:16).1
1 Eh quoi! le Seigneur, dans sa colère, a couvert de nuages la fille de Sion! Il a précipité du ciel sur la terre la magnificence d'Israël! Il ne s'est pas souvenu de son marchepied, Au jour de sa colère!