Quotes about Grief

My eyes bring grief to my soul because of all the daughters of my city.

We have become fatherless orphans; our mothers are widows.

Joy has left our hearts; our dancing has turned to mourning.

Then in the nations to which they have been carried captive, your survivors will remember Me—how I have been grieved by their adulterous hearts that turned away from Me, and by their eyes that lusted after idols. So they will loathe themselves for the evil they have done and for all their abominations.

Because you have disheartened the righteous with your lies, even though I have caused them no grief, and because you have encouraged the wicked not to turn from their evil ways to save their lives,

But you, son of man, groan! Groan before their eyes with a broken heart and bitter grief.

You will be filled with drunkenness and grief, with a cup of devastation and desolation, the cup of your sister Samaria.

“Son of man, behold, I am about to take away the desire of your eyes with a fatal blow. But you must not mourn or weep or let your tears flow.

Groan quietly; do not mourn for the dead. Put on your turban and strap your sandals on your feet; do not cover your lips or eat the bread of mourners.”

So I spoke to the people in the morning, and in the evening my wife died. And the next morning I did as I had been commanded.

Then you will do as I have done: You will not cover your lips or eat the bread of mourners.

They will raise their voices for you and cry out bitterly. They will throw dust on their heads and roll in ashes.