Isa 13:6 Wail, for the day of the Lord is near;
as destruction from the Almighty it will come!
as destruction from the Almighty it will come!
Isa 14:31 Wail, O gate; cry out, O city;
melt in fear, O Philistia, all of you!
For smoke comes out of the north,
and there is no straggler in his ranks.
melt in fear, O Philistia, all of you!
For smoke comes out of the north,
and there is no straggler in his ranks.
Isa 15:2 He has gone up to the temple, and to Dibon,
to the high places to weep;
over Nebo and over Medeba
Moab wails.
On every head is baldness;
every beard is shorn;
to the high places to weep;
over Nebo and over Medeba
Moab wails.
On every head is baldness;
every beard is shorn;
Isa 15:3 in the streets they wear sackcloth;
on the housetops and in the squares
everyone wails and melts in tears.
on the housetops and in the squares
everyone wails and melts in tears.
Isa 16:7 Therefore let Moab wail for Moab,
let everyone wail.
Mourn, utterly stricken,
for the raisin cakes of Kir-hareseth.
let everyone wail.
Mourn, utterly stricken,
for the raisin cakes of Kir-hareseth.
Isa 23:1 The oracle concerning Tyre.Wail, O ships of Tarshish,
for Tyre is laid waste, without house or harbor!
From the land of Cyprus
it is revealed to them.
for Tyre is laid waste, without house or harbor!
From the land of Cyprus
it is revealed to them.
Isa 23:6 Cross over to Tarshish;
wail, O inhabitants of the coast!
wail, O inhabitants of the coast!
Isa 23:14 Wail, O ships of Tarshish,
for your stronghold is laid waste.
for your stronghold is laid waste.
Isa 52:5 Now therefore what have I here,” declares the Lord, “seeing that my people are taken away for nothing? Their rulers wail,” declares the Lord, “and continually all the day my name is despised.
Isa 65:14 behold, my servants shall sing for gladness of heart,
but you shall cry out for pain of heart
and shall wail for breaking of spirit.
but you shall cry out for pain of heart
and shall wail for breaking of spirit.
Jer 4:8 For this put on sackcloth,
lament and wail,
for the fierce anger of the Lord
has not turned back from us.”
lament and wail,
for the fierce anger of the Lord
has not turned back from us.”
Jer 25:34 “Wail, you shepherds, and cry out,
and roll in ashes, you lords of the flock,
for the days of your slaughter and dispersion have come,
and you shall fall like a choice vessel.
and roll in ashes, you lords of the flock,
for the days of your slaughter and dispersion have come,
and you shall fall like a choice vessel.
Jer 47:2 “Thus says the Lord:
Behold, waters are rising out of the north,
and shall become an overflowing torrent;
they shall overflow the land and all that fills it,
the city and those who dwell in it.
Men shall cry out,
and every inhabitant of the land shall wail.
Behold, waters are rising out of the north,
and shall become an overflowing torrent;
they shall overflow the land and all that fills it,
the city and those who dwell in it.
Men shall cry out,
and every inhabitant of the land shall wail.
Jer 48:20 Moab is put to shame, for it is broken;
wail and cry!
Tell it beside the Arnon,
that Moab is laid waste.
wail and cry!
Tell it beside the Arnon,
that Moab is laid waste.
Jer 48:31 Therefore I wail for Moab;
I cry out for all Moab;
for the men of Kir-hareseth I mourn.
I cry out for all Moab;
for the men of Kir-hareseth I mourn.
Jer 48:39 How it is broken! How they wail! How Moab has turned his back in shame! So Moab has become a derision and a horror to all that are around him.”
Jer 49:3 “Wail, O Heshbon, for Ai is laid waste!
Cry out, O daughters of Rabbah!
Put on sackcloth,
lament, and run to and fro among the hedges!
For Milcom shall go into exile,
with his priests and his officials.
Cry out, O daughters of Rabbah!
Put on sackcloth,
lament, and run to and fro among the hedges!
For Milcom shall go into exile,
with his priests and his officials.
Jer 51:8 Suddenly Babylon has fallen and been broken;
wail for her!
Take balm for her pain;
perhaps she may be healed.
wail for her!
Take balm for her pain;
perhaps she may be healed.
Eze 21:12 Cry out and wail, son of man, for it is against my people. It is against all the princes of Israel. They are delivered over to the sword with my people. Strike therefore upon your thigh.
Eze 30:2 “Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus says the Lord God: “Wail, ‘Alas for the day!’
Hos 7:14 They do not cry to me from the heart,
but they wail upon their beds;
for grain and wine they gash themselves;
they rebel against me.
but they wail upon their beds;
for grain and wine they gash themselves;
they rebel against me.
Joe 1:5 Awake, you drunkards, and weep,
and wail, all you drinkers of wine,
because of the sweet wine,
for it is cut off from your mouth.
and wail, all you drinkers of wine,
because of the sweet wine,
for it is cut off from your mouth.
Joe 1:11 Be ashamed, O tillers of the soil;
wail, O vinedressers,
for the wheat and the barley,
because the harvest of the field has perished.
wail, O vinedressers,
for the wheat and the barley,
because the harvest of the field has perished.
Joe 1:13 Put on sackcloth and lament, O priests;
wail, O ministers of the altar.
Go in, pass the night in sackcloth,
O ministers of my God!
Because grain offering and drink offering
are withheld from the house of your God.
wail, O ministers of the altar.
Go in, pass the night in sackcloth,
O ministers of my God!
Because grain offering and drink offering
are withheld from the house of your God.
Amo 8:3 The songs of the temple shall become wailings in that day,”
declares the Lord God.
“So many dead bodies!”
“They are thrown everywhere!”
“Silence!”
declares the Lord God.
“So many dead bodies!”
“They are thrown everywhere!”
“Silence!”
Mic 1:8 For this I will lament and wail;
I will go stripped and naked;
I will make lamentation like the jackals,
and mourning like the ostriches.
I will go stripped and naked;
I will make lamentation like the jackals,
and mourning like the ostriches.
Zep 1:11 Wail, O inhabitants of the Mortar!
For all the traders are no more;
all who weigh out silver are cut off.
For all the traders are no more;
all who weigh out silver are cut off.
Zec 11:2 Wail, O cypress, for the cedar has fallen,
for the glorious trees are ruined!
Wail, oaks of Bashan,
for the thick forest has been felled!
for the glorious trees are ruined!
Wail, oaks of Bashan,
for the thick forest has been felled!
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