16 I will scatter them among the nations that neither they nor their fathers have known, and I will send a sword after them until I have finished them off.” 17 This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Take note, and summon the wailing women; send for the most skillful among them. 18 Let them come quickly and take up a lament over us, that our eyes may overflow with tears, and our eyelids may gush with water.
Jeremiah 9:16–18
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2 Esdras 16:1–3
1 Woe to you, Babylon, and Asia! Woe to you, Egypt and Syria! (WEB) 2 Put on sackcloth and garments of goats’ hair, wail for your children and lament; for your destruction is at hand. (WEB) 3 A sword has been sent upon you, and who is there to turn it back? (WEB)
Amos 5:16–18
16 Therefore this is what the LORD, the God of Hosts, the Lord, says: “There will be wailing in all the public squares and cries of ‘Alas! Alas!’ in all the streets. The farmer will be summoned to mourn, and the mourners to wail. 17 There will be wailing in all the… 18 …
Jeremiah 6:25–27
25 Do not go out to the fields; do not walk the road. For the enemy has a sword; terror is on every side. 26 O daughter of my people, dress yourselves in sackcloth and roll in ashes. Mourn with bitter wailing, as you would for an only son, for suddenly the destroyer…
Jeremiah 14:16–18
16 And the people to whom they prophesy will be thrown into the streets of Jerusalem because of famine and sword. There will be no one to bury them or their wives, their sons or their daughters. I will pour out their own evil upon them. 17 You are to speak this word…
Ezekiel 27:29–31
29 All who handle the oars will abandon their ships. The sailors and all the captains of the sea will stand on the shore. 30 They will raise their voices for you and cry out bitterly. They will throw dust on their heads and roll in ashes. 31 They will shave their heads…
Jeremiah 11:21–23
21 Therefore this is what the LORD says concerning the people of Anathoth who are seeking your life and saying, “You must not prophesy in the name of the LORD, or you will die by our hand.” 22 So this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “I will punish them. Their young… 23 …
Jeremiah 25:33–35
33 Those slain by the LORD on that day will be spread from one end of the earth to the other. They will not be mourned, gathered, or buried. They will be like dung lying on the ground. 34 Wail, you shepherds, and cry out; roll in the dust, you leaders of the flock.… 35 …
Amos 5:1–2
1 Hear this word, O house of Israel, this lamentation I take up against you: 2 “Fallen is Virgin Israel, never to rise again. She lies abandoned on her land, with no one to raise her up.”
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