Quotes about Lamentation
“The sound of a cry comes from Babylon, the sound of great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans!
- Jeremiah 51:54
See, O LORD, how distressed I am! I am churning within; my heart is pounding within me, for I have been most rebellious. Outside, the sword bereaves; inside, there is death.
- Lamentations 1:20
The Lord is like an enemy; He has swallowed up Israel. He has swallowed up all her palaces and destroyed her strongholds. He has multiplied mourning and lamentation for the Daughter of Judah.
- Lamentations 2:5
which He unrolled before me. And written on the front and back of it were words of lamentation, mourning, and woe.
- Ezekiel 2:10
They will put on sackcloth, and terror will overwhelm them. Shame will cover all their faces, and all their heads will be shaved.
- Ezekiel 7:18
Cry out and wail, O son of man, for the sword is wielded against My people; it is against all the princes of Israel! They are tossed to the sword with My people; therefore strike your thigh.
- Ezekiel 21:12
So I will silence the sound of your songs, and the music of your lyres will no longer be heard.
- Ezekiel 26:13
They will raise their voices for you and cry out bitterly. They will throw dust on their heads and roll in ashes.
- Ezekiel 27:30
They will shave their heads for you and wrap themselves in sackcloth. They will weep over you with anguish of soul and bitter mourning.
- Ezekiel 27:31
As they wail and mourn over you, they will take up a lament for you: ‘Who was ever like Tyre, silenced in the middle of the sea?
- Ezekiel 27:32
“Son of man, prophesy and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: Wail, ‘Alas for that day!’
- Ezekiel 30:2
They do not cry out to Me from their hearts when they wail upon their beds. They slash themselves for grain and new wine, but turn away from Me.
- Hosea 7:14