Bible Cross References
lamented
2 Samuel 1:19
"On the hills of Israel our leaders are dead! The bravest of our soldiers have fallen!
Genesis 50:11
When the citizens of Canaan saw those people mourning at Atad, they said, "What a solemn ceremony of mourning the Egyptians are holding!" That is why the place was named Abel Mizraim.
2 Chronicles 35:25
The prophet Jeremiah composed a lament for King Josiah. It has become a custom in Israel for the singers, both men and women, to use this song when they mourn for him. The song is found in the collection of laments.
Jeremiah 9:17-21
17
The LORD Almighty said, "Think about what is happening! Call for the mourners to come, for the women who sing funeral songs."
18
The people said, "Tell them to hurry and sing a funeral song for us, until our eyes fill with tears, and our eyelids are wet from crying."
19
Listen to the sound of crying in Zion: "We are ruined! We are completely disgraced! We must leave our land; our homes have been torn down."
20
I said, "Listen to the LORD, you women, and pay attention to his words. Teach your daughters how to mourn, and your friends how to sing a funeral song.
21
Death has come in through our windows and entered our palaces; it has cut down the children in the streets and the young men in the marketplaces.