Psalm 137:4

New International Version

⁴How can we sing the songs of the Lord^(A)
while in a foreign land?

Amos 8:3

New International Version

³“In that day,” declares the Sovereign Lord, “the songs in the temple will turn to wailing.^[a]^(A) Many, many bodies—flung everywhere! Silence!^(B)”

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Footnotes

Amos 8:3 Or “the temple singers will wail

Amos 8:3 in all English translations

Hosea 9:4

New International Version

⁴They will not pour out wine offerings^(A) to the Lord,
    nor will their sacrifices please^(B) him.
Such sacrifices will be to them like the bread of mourners;^(C)
    all who eat them will be unclean.^(D)
This food will be for themselves;
    it will not come into the temple of the Lord.^(E)

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Hosea 9:4 in all English translations

Isaiah 22:12

New International Version

¹²The Lord, the Lord Almighty,
called you on that day^(A)
to weep^(B) and to wail,
to tear out your hair^(C) and put on sackcloth.^(D)

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Isaiah 22:12 in all English translations

Lamentations 5:14-15

New International Version

¹⁴The elders are gone from the city gate;
the young men have stopped their music.^(A)
¹⁵Joy is gone from our hearts;
our dancing has turned to mourning.^(B)

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Isaiah 49:21

New International Version

²¹Then you will say in your heart,
    ‘Who bore me these?^(A)
I was bereaved^(B) and barren;
    I was exiled and rejected.^(C)
    Who brought these^(D) up?
I was left^(E) all alone,^(F)
    but these—where have they come from?’”