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Ezekiel 32:16
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Ezekiel 32:16
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16 Yes, this is the funeral song
they will sing for Egypt.
Let all the nations mourn.
Let them mourn for Egypt and its hordes.
I, the Sovereign Lord, have spoken!”
Ezekiel 32:16
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Ezekiel 32:16
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16 “This is the lament(A) they will chant for her. The daughters of the nations will chant it; for Egypt and all her hordes they will chant it, declares the Sovereign Lord.”
Ezekiel 32:2
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Ezekiel 32:2
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2 “Son of man, mourn for Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and give him this message:
“You think of yourself as a strong young lion among the nations,
but you are really just a sea monster,
heaving around in your own rivers,
stirring up mud with your feet.
Ezekiel 32:2
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Ezekiel 32:2
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Ezekiel 26:17
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Ezekiel 26:17
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17 Then they will wail for you, singing this funeral song:
“O famous island city,
once ruler of the sea,
how you have been destroyed!
Your people, with their naval power,
once spread fear around the world.
Ezekiel 26:17
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Ezekiel 26:17
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17 Then they will take up a lament(A) concerning you and say to you:
“‘How you are destroyed, city of renown,
peopled by men of the sea!
You were a power on the seas,
you and your citizens;
you put your terror
on all who lived there.(B)
2 Chronicles 35:25
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2 Chronicles 35:25
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25 The prophet Jeremiah composed funeral songs for Josiah, and to this day choirs still sing these sad songs about his death. These songs of sorrow have become a tradition and are recorded in The Book of Laments.
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2 Chronicles 35:25
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2 Chronicles 35:25
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25 Jeremiah composed laments for Josiah, and to this day all the male and female singers commemorate Josiah in the laments.(A) These became a tradition in Israel and are written in the Laments.(B)
2 Samuel 1:17
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2 Samuel 1:17
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David’s Song for Saul and Jonathan
17 Then David composed a funeral song for Saul and Jonathan,
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2 Samuel 1:17
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2 Samuel 1:17
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David’s Lament for Saul and Jonathan
17 David took up this lament(A) concerning Saul and his son Jonathan,(B)
Jeremiah 9:17
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Jeremiah 9:17
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Weeping in Jerusalem
17 This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says:
“Consider all this, and call for the mourners.
Send for the women who mourn at funerals.
Jeremiah 9:17
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Jeremiah 9:17
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17 This is what the Lord Almighty says:
“Consider now! Call for the wailing women(A) to come;
send for the most skillful of them.
2 Samuel 3:33-34
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2 Samuel 3:33-34
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33 Then the king sang this funeral song for Abner:
“Should Abner have died as fools die?
34 Your hands were not bound;
your feet were not chained.
No, you were murdered—
the victim of a wicked plot.”
All the people wept again for Abner.
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2 Samuel 3:33-34
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2 Samuel 3:33-34
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33 The king sang this lament(A) for Abner:
“Should Abner have died as the lawless die?
34 Your hands were not bound,
your feet were not fettered.(B)
You fell as one falls before the wicked.”
And all the people wept over him again.
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