Ezekiel 26:17

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¹⁷Then 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)

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Ezekiel 27:2

New International Version

²“Son of man, take up a lament^(A) concerning Tyre.

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Ezekiel 27:32

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³²As they wail and mourn over you,
they will take up a lament^(A) concerning you:
“Who was ever silenced like Tyre,
surrounded by the sea?^(B)”

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Ezekiel 28:12

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¹²“Son of man, take up a lament^(A) concerning the king of Tyre and say to him: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says:

“‘You were the seal of perfection,
full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.^(B)

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Ezekiel 32:2

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²“Son of man, take up a lament^(A) concerning Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him:

“‘You are like a lion^(B) among the nations;
    you are like a monster^(C) in the seas^(D)
thrashing about in your streams,
    churning the water with your feet
    and muddying the streams.^(E)

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Amos 5:1

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A Lament and Call to Repentance

5 Hear this word, Israel, this lament^(A) I take up concerning you:

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Jeremiah 7:29

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²⁹“‘Cut off^(A) your hair and throw it away; take up a lament^(B) on the barren heights, for the Lord has rejected and abandoned^(C) this generation that is under his wrath.

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