16 (A)This is a lamentation that shall be chanted; the daughters of the nations shall chant it; over Egypt, and over (B)all her multitude, shall they chant it, declares the Lord God.”

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(A)“Son of man, (B)raise a lamentation over (C)Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him:

“You consider yourself (D)a lion of the nations,
    but you are like (E)a dragon (F)in the seas;
(G)you burst forth in your rivers,
    trouble the waters with your feet,
    and foul their rivers.

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17 And they will (A)raise a lamentation over you and say to you,

“‘How you have perished,
    you who were inhabited from the seas,
O city renowned,
    (B)who was mighty on the sea;
she and her inhabitants (C)imposed their terror
    on all her inhabitants!

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25 (A)Jeremiah also uttered a lament for Josiah; and all (B)the singing men and singing women have spoken of Josiah in their laments to this day. They made these a rule in Israel; behold, they are written in the Laments.

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David's Lament for Saul and Jonathan

17 And David (A)lamented with this lamentation over Saul and Jonathan his son,

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17 Thus says the Lord of hosts:
(A)“Consider, and call for the mourning women to come;
    send for the skillful women to come;

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33 And the king (A)lamented for Abner, saying,

(B)“Should Abner die (C)as a fool dies?
34 Your hands were not bound;
    your feet were not fettered;
as one falls before the wicked
    you have fallen.”

And all the people wept again over him.

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