Ezekiel 21:12
New King James Version
12 “Cry and wail, son of man;
For it will be against My people,
Against all the princes of Israel.
Terrors including the sword will be against My people;
Therefore (A)strike your thigh.
Ezekiel 21:6
New King James Version
6 (A)Sigh therefore, son of man, with [a]a breaking heart, and sigh with bitterness before their eyes.
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- Ezekiel 21:6 Emotional distress, lit. the breaking of your loins
Joel 1:13
New King James Version
Mourning for the Land
13 (A)Gird yourselves and lament, you priests;
Wail, you who minister before the altar;
Come, lie all night in sackcloth,
You who minister to my God;
For the grain offering and the drink offering
Are withheld from the house of your God.
Micah 1:8
New King James Version
Mourning for Israel and Judah
8 Therefore I will wail and howl,
I will go stripped and naked;
(A)I will make a wailing like the jackals
And a mourning like the ostriches,
Ezekiel 30:2
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2 “Son of man, prophesy and say, ‘Thus says the Lord God:
(A)“Wail, ‘Woe to the day!’
Ezekiel 21:14
New King James Version
14 “You therefore, son of man, prophesy,
And (A)strike your hands together.
The third time let the sword do double damage.
It is the sword that slays,
The sword that slays the great men,
That enters their (B)private chambers.
Ezekiel 9:8
New King James Version
8 So it was, that while they were killing them, I was left alone; and I (A)fell on my face and cried out, and said, (B)“Ah, Lord God! Will You destroy all the remnant of Israel in pouring out Your fury on Jerusalem?”
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Ezekiel 6:11
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11 ‘Thus says the Lord God: (A)“Pound[a] your fists and stamp your feet, and say, ‘Alas, for all the evil abominations of the house of Israel! (B)For they shall fall by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence.
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- Ezekiel 6:11 Lit. Strike your hands
Jeremiah 31:19
New King James Version
19 Surely, (A)after my turning, I repented;
And after I was instructed, I struck myself on the thigh;
I was (B)ashamed, yes, even humiliated,
Because I bore the reproach of my youth.’
Jeremiah 31:12
New King James Version
12 Therefore they shall come and sing in (A)the height of Zion,
Streaming to (B)the goodness of the Lord—
For wheat and new wine and oil,
For the young of the flock and the herd;
Their souls shall be like a (C)well-watered garden,
(D)And they shall sorrow no more at all.
Jeremiah 25:34
New King James Version
34 “Wail,(A) shepherds, and cry!
Roll about in the ashes,
You leaders of the flock!
For the days of your slaughter and your dispersions are fulfilled;
You shall fall like a precious vessel.
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