⁶ “Therefore groan, son of man! Groan before them with broken heart and bitter grief.^(A)

A Call to Lamentation

Weeping and Mourning

² “Son of man, prophesy and say: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says:

⁸ While they were killing and I was left alone, I fell facedown,^(A) crying out, “Alas, Sovereign Lord!^(B) Are you going to destroy the entire remnant of Israel in this outpouring of your wrath^(C) on Jerusalem?^(D)”

¹¹ “‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Strike your hands together and stamp your feet and cry out “Alas!” because of all the wicked and detestable practices of the people of Israel, for they will fall by the sword, famine and plague.^(A)