14     I went about as though I grieved for my friend or my brother;
as one who laments his mother,
    I (A)bowed down in mourning.

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Jesus Weeps over Jerusalem

41 (A)And when he drew near and saw the city, (B)he wept over it, 42 saying, (C)“Would that you, even you, had known on this day the things that make for peace! But now (D)they are hidden from your eyes.

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I am (A)utterly bowed down and (B)prostrate;
    all the day I (C)go about mourning.

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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, 18 and he said it[a] should be taught to the people of Judah; behold, it is written in (B)the Book of Jashar.[b] He said:

19 “Your glory, O Israel, is slain on your high places!
    (C)How the mighty have fallen!
20 (D)Tell it not in Gath,
    (E)publish it not in the streets of Ashkelon,
(F)lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice,
    lest the daughters of (G)the uncircumcised exult.

21 (H)“You mountains of Gilboa,
    let there be no dew or rain upon you,
    nor fields of offerings![c]
For there the shield of the mighty was defiled,
    the shield of Saul, not (I)anointed with oil.

22 “From the blood of the slain,
    from the fat of the mighty,
(J)the bow of Jonathan turned not back,
    and the sword of Saul returned not empty.

23 “Saul and Jonathan, beloved and lovely!
    In life and in death they were not divided;
they were (K)swifter than eagles;
    they were (L)stronger than lions.

24 “You daughters of Israel, weep over Saul,
    who clothed you luxuriously in scarlet,
    (M)who put ornaments of gold on your apparel.

25 (N)“How the mighty have fallen
    in the midst of the battle!

“Jonathan lies slain on your high places.
26     I am distressed for you, my brother Jonathan;
very pleasant have you been to me;
    (O)your love to me was extraordinary,
    surpassing the love of women.

27 (P)“How the mighty have fallen,
    and the weapons of war perished!”

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 1:18 Septuagint; Hebrew the Bow, which may be the name of the lament's tune
  2. 2 Samuel 1:18 Or of the upright
  3. 2 Samuel 1:21 Septuagint firstfruits

11 Then David took hold of his clothes and (A)tore them, and so did all the men who were with him. 12 And they mourned and wept (B)and fasted until evening for Saul and for Jonathan his son and for the people of the Lord and for the house of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword.

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67 Then Isaac brought her into the tent of Sarah his mother and took Rebekah, and she became his wife, and he loved her. So Isaac was (A)comforted after his mother's (B)death.

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