Ezekiel 32:16
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16 This is a lamentation; it shall be chanted.
The women of the nations shall chant it.
Over Egypt and all its hordes they shall chant it,
says the Lord God.(A)
Ezekiel 32:2
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2 Mortal, raise a lamentation over Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him:
You consider yourself a lion among the nations,
but you are like a dragon in the seas;
you thrash about in your streams,
trouble the water with your feet,
and foul your[a] streams.(A)
Footnotes
- 32.2 Heb their
Ezekiel 26:17
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2 Chronicles 35:25
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25 Jeremiah also uttered a lament for Josiah, and all the singing men and singing women have spoken of Josiah in their laments to this day. They made these a custom in Israel; they are recorded in the Laments.(A)
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2 Samuel 1:17
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17 David intoned this lamentation over Saul and his son Jonathan.(A)
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Jeremiah 9:17
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The People Mourn in Judgment
17 Thus says the Lord of hosts:
Consider and call for the mourning women to come;
send for the skilled women to come;(A)
2 Samuel 3:33-34
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33 The king lamented for Abner, saying,
“Should Abner die as a fool dies?(A)
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 over him again.
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