Lamentation of Ezra, with Response

I replied and said, “O earth, what have you brought forth, if the mind is made out of the dust like the other created things?

Let the human race lament, but let the wild animals of the field be glad; let all who have been born lament, but let the cattle and the flocks rejoice.

Lamentation over the Fate of Most People

I answered and said, “This is my first and last comment: it would have been better if the earth had not produced Adam or else, when it had produced him, had restrained him from sinning.

and about your inheritance, for whom I lament, and about Israel, for whom I am sad, and about the seed of Jacob, for whom I am troubled.

But if you say to me, ‘My lamentation is not like the earth’s, for I have lost the fruit of my womb, which I brought forth in pain and bore in sorrow,

Bind on sackcloth and cloth of goats’ hair, and wail for your children, and lament for them, for your destruction is at hand.

The Horror of the Last Days

The beginning of sorrows, when there shall be much lamentation; the beginning of famine, when many shall perish; the beginning of wars, when the powers shall be terrified; the beginning of calamities, when all shall tremble.