⁴ Then David and the people who were with him lifted up their voices and wept, until they had no more power to weep.

A Futile Invasion Attempt^(A)

³⁹ Then Moses told these words to all the children of Israel, ^(B)and the people mourned greatly.

Israel Refuses to Enter Canaan

14 So all the congregation lifted up their voices and cried, and the people ^(A)wept that night.

³³ And he recognized it and said, “It is my son’s tunic. A ^(A)wild beast has devoured him. Without doubt Joseph is torn to pieces.” ³⁴ Then Jacob ^(B)tore his clothes, put sackcloth on his waist, and ^(C)mourned for his son many days. ³⁵ And all his sons and all his daughters ^(D)arose to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted, and he said, “For ^(E)I shall go down into the grave to my son in mourning.” Thus his father wept for him.

Confession of Improper Marriages

10 Now ^(A)while Ezra was praying, and while he was confessing, weeping, and bowing down ^(B)before the house of God, a very large assembly of men, women, and children gathered to him from Israel; for the people wept very ^(C)bitterly.

⁴ So the messengers came ^(A)to Gibeah of Saul and told the news in the hearing of the people. And ^(B)all the people lifted up their voices and wept.

¹³ Now when he came, there was Eli, sitting on ^(A)a seat ^[a]by the wayside watching, for his heart ^[b]trembled for the ark of God. And when the man came into the city and told it, all the city cried out.

² Then the people came ^(A)to ^[a]the house of God, and remained there before God till evening. They lifted up their voices and wept bitterly,

⁴ So it was, when the Angel of the Lord spoke these words to all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their voices and wept.