42 verses contain “Lamentation” (in the KJV: 40, in the BSB: 8) — showing 1–42
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And they came to the threshingfloor of Atad, which is beyond Jordan, and there they
mourned with a great and very
sore lamentation: and he made a
mourning for his father seven days.
When they reached the
threshing floor of Atad, which is across the Jordan, they
lamented and
wailed loudly, and Joseph
mourned for his father seven days.
Then Jeremiah
lamented over
Josiah, and to this day all the choirs of men and women sing laments over
Josiah. They established them as a statute for Israel, and indeed they are written in the Book of Laments.
To
confirm these days of
Purim in their times appointed, according as
Mordecai the
Jew and
Esther the queen had
enjoined them, and as they had decreed for themselves and for their seed, the matters of the fastings and their cry.
in order to
confirm these days of
Purim at their appointed time, just as
Mordecai the
Jew and Queen
Esther had established them and had committed themselves and their descendants to the times of fasting and
lamentation.
Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation.
His priests fell by the sword, but their widows could not
lament.
Yet I will distress
Ariel, and there shall be
heaviness and sorrow: and it shall be unto me as
Ariel.
O daughter of my people, dress
yourselves in
sackcloth and roll in ashes.
Mourn with bitter
wailing, as you would for an only son, for suddenly the destroyer will come upon us.
Cut off thine hair, O Jerusalem, and cast it away, and take up a
lamentation on high places; for the LORD hath rejected and
forsaken the generation of his wrath.
Cut off your hair and throw it away. Raise up a
lamentation on the barren heights, for the LORD has rejected and
forsaken the generation of His wrath.’
For the mountains will I take up a
weeping and
wailing, and for the habitations of the wilderness a
lamentation, because they are burned up, so that none can pass through them; neither can men hear the voice of the cattle; both the fowl of the heavens and the beast are fled; they are gone.
I will take up a
weeping and
wailing for the mountains, a
dirge over the wilderness pasture, for they have been
scorched so no one passes through, and the lowing of cattle is not heard. Both the birds of the air and the beasts have fled; they have gone away.
Yet hear the word of the LORD, O ye women, and let your ear receive the word of his mouth, and teach your daughters
wailing, and every one her neighbour
lamentation.
Now, O women, hear the word of the LORD. Open your ears to the word of His mouth. Teach your daughters to
wail, and one another to
lament.
Thus saith the LORD; A voice was heard in
Ramah,
lamentation, and bitter
weeping;
Rahel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children, because they were not.
This is what the LORD says: “A voice is heard in
Ramah,
mourning and great
weeping,
Rachel weeping for her children, and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.”
There shall be lamentation generally upon all the housetops of Moab, and in the streets thereof: for I have broken Moab like a vessel wherein is no pleasure, saith the LORD.
On all the rooftops of Moab and in the public squares,
everyone is
mourning; for I have
shattered Moab like an unwanted
jar,” declares the LORD.
The Lord was as an enemy: he hath
swallowed up Israel, he hath
swallowed up all her palaces: he hath destroyed his strong holds, and hath increased in the daughter of Judah
mourning and
lamentation.
The Lord is like an enemy; He has
swallowed up Israel. He has
swallowed up all her palaces and destroyed her strongholds. He has multiplied
mourning and
lamentation for the Daughter of Judah.
And he spread it before me; and it was written within and without: and there was written therein
lamentations, and
mourning, and
woe.
which He unrolled before me. And written on the front and back of it were words of
lamentation,
mourning, and
woe.
Moreover take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,
“As for you, take up a
lament for the princes of Israel
And fire is gone out of a rod of her branches, which hath
devoured her fruit, so that she hath no strong rod to be a
sceptre to rule. This is a
lamentation, and shall be for a
lamentation.
Fire has gone out from its main branch and
devoured its fruit; on it no strong branch remains fit for a ruler’s
scepter.’ This is a
lament and shall be used as a
lament.”
And they shall take up a
lamentation for thee, and say to thee, How art thou destroyed, that
wast inhabited of
seafaring men, the
renowned city, which
wast strong in the sea, she and her inhabitants, which cause their terror to be on all that
haunt it!
Then they will
lament for you, saying, “How you have perished, O city of
renown inhabited by
seafaring men— she who was powerful on the sea, along with her people, who imposed terror on all peoples!
Now, thou son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyrus;
“Now you, son of man, take up a
lament for Tyre.
And in their
wailing they shall take up a
lamentation for thee, and
lament over thee, saying, What city is like Tyrus, like the destroyed in the midst of the sea?
As they
wail and
mourn over you, they will take up a
lament for you: ‘Who was ever like Tyre, silenced in the middle of the sea?
Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.
“Son of man, take up a
lament for the king of Tyre and tell him that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘You were the seal of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.
Son of man, take up a
lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say unto him, Thou art like a young lion of the nations, and thou art as a
whale in the seas: and thou camest forth with thy rivers, and troubledst the waters with thy feet, and fouledst their rivers.
“Son of man, take up a
lament for Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him: ‘You are like a lion among the nations; you are like a
monster in the seas. You
thrash about in your rivers,
churning up the waters with your feet and
muddying the streams.’
This is the
lamentation wherewith they shall
lament her: the daughters of the nations shall
lament her: they shall
lament for her, even for Egypt, and for all her multitude, saith the Lord GOD.
This is the
lament they will
chant for her; the daughters of the nations will
chant it. Over Egypt and all her multitudes they will
chant it, declares the Lord GOD.”
Hear ye this word which I take up against you, even a lamentation, O house of Israel.
Hear this word, O house of Israel, this lamentation I take up against you:
Therefore the LORD, the God of hosts, the Lord, saith thus;
Wailing shall be in all streets; and they shall say in all the
highways,
Alas!
alas! and they shall call the
husbandman to
mourning, and such as are skilful of
lamentation to
wailing.
Therefore this is what the LORD, the God of Hosts, the Lord, says: “There will be
wailing in all the public squares and
cries of ‘
Alas!
Alas!’ in all the streets. The farmer will be summoned to
mourn, and the mourners to
wail.
And I will turn your feasts into
mourning, and all your songs into
lamentation; and I will bring up
sackcloth upon all loins, and
baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the
mourning of an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day.
I will turn your feasts into
mourning and all your songs into
lamentation. I will cause
everyone to wear
sackcloth and every head to be
shaved. I will make it like a time of
mourning for an only son, and its outcome like a bitter day.
In that day shall one take up a parable against you, and
lament with a
doleful lamentation, and say, We be utterly
spoiled: he hath changed the portion of my people: how hath he removed it from me! turning away he hath divided our fields.
In that day they will take up a
proverb against you and
taunt you with this bitter
lamentation: ‘We are utterly ruined! He has changed the portion of my people. How He has removed it from me! He has
allotted our fields to traitors.’”
In Rama was there a voice heard,
lamentation, and
weeping, and great
mourning,
Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.
And
devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great
lamentation over him.
God-fearing men buried Stephen and
mourned deeply over him.
And in all
Jewry they
mourned for Josias,
yea, Jeremy the prophet
lamented for Josias, and the chief men with the women made
lamentation for him unto this day: and this was given out for an
ordinance to be done continually in all the nation of Israel.
But if thou sayest unto me, My
lamentation is not like the earth’s, because I have lost the fruit of my
womb, which I brought forth with pains, and bare with sorrows;
He hath seen that thy way is right: for that thou sorrowest continually for thy people, and makest great
lamentation for
Sion.
Remembering that prophecy of
Amos, as he said, Your feasts shall be turned into
mourning, and all your
mirth into
lamentation.
For whilst they were yet
mourning and making
lamentation at the graves of the dead, they added another
foolish device, and pursued them as fugitives, whom they had intreated to be gone.
Weep bitterly, and make great
moan, and use
lamentation, as he is worthy, and that a day or two, lest thou be evil spoken of: and then comfort
thyself for thy
heaviness.
Every
bridegroom took up
lamentation, and she that sat in the marriage chamber was in
heaviness,
And he died in the hundred forty and sixth year, and his sons buried him in the
sepulchres of his fathers at Modin, and all Israel made great
lamentation for him.
They rent their clothes, and made great lamentation, and cast ashes upon their heads,
Moreover they
bewailed him, and all Israel made great
lamentation for him, and
mourned many days, saying,
Thus was the marriage turned into
mourning, and the noise of their
melody into
lamentation.
And all Israel made great
lamentation for him, and
bewailed him many days.
Now when they that were with Maccabeus heard that he besieged the holds, they and all the people with
lamentation and tears
besought the Lord that he would send a good angel to deliver Israel.
