“As for you, take up a lament for the princes of Israel
And Jehoiakim rested with his fathers, and his son Jehoiachin reigned in his place.
“Now you, son of man, take up a lament for Tyre.
Then they will lament for you, saying, “How you have perished, O city of renown inhabited by seafaring men—she who was p
Fire has gone out from its main branch and devoured its fruit; on it no strong branch remains fit for a ruler’s scepter.
Then Pharaoh Neco made Eliakim son of Josiah king in place of his father Josiah, and he changed Eliakim’s name to Jehoia
but the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king and overtook him in the plains of Jericho, and his whole army deserted hi
which He unrolled before me. And written on the front and back of it were words of lamentation, mourning, and woe.
Jehoiachin king of Judah, his mother, his servants, his commanders, and his officials all surrendered to the king of Bab
During Josiah’s reign, Pharaoh Neco king of Egypt marched up to help the king of Assyria at the Euphrates River. King Jo
This is what the LORD says: “Enroll this man as childless, a man who will not prosper in his lifetime. None of his desce
But like the bad figs, so bad they cannot be eaten,’ says the LORD, ‘so will I deal with Zedekiah king of Judah, his off
The LORD’s anointed, the breath of our life, was captured in their pits. We had said of him, “Under his shadow we will l
“Son of man, wail for the multitudes of Egypt, and consign her and the daughters of the mighty nations to the depths of
And the king of Egypt dethroned him in Jerusalem and imposed on Judah a levy of a hundred talents of silver and a talent
Oh, that my head were a spring of water, and my eyes a fountain of tears! I would weep day and night over the slain daug
Do not weep for him who is dead; do not mourn his loss. Weep bitterly for him who is exiled, for he will never return to
But if you do not listen, I will weep in secret because of your pride. My eyes will overflow with tears, because the LOR
Then Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against Jehoiakim and bound him with bronze shackles to take him to Babylon.
Therefore this is what the LORD says concerning Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah: “They will not mourn for him: ‘Al
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
In the spring, King Nebuchadnezzar summoned Jehoiachin and brought him to Babylon, along with the articles of value from
Princes have been hung up by their hands; elders receive no respect.
There at Riblah the king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and he also killed all the officia
Then Jeremiah lamented over Josiah, and to this day all the male and female singers recite laments over Josiah. They est
This is the lament they will chant for her; the daughters of the nations will chant it. Over Egypt and all her multitude
This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Take note, and summon the wailing women; send for the most skillful among them.
I will take up a weeping and wailing for the mountains, a dirge over the wilderness pasture, for they have been scorched
Of those still in the city, he took a court official who had been appointed over the men of war, as well as seven truste
Is this man Coniah a despised and shattered pot, a jar that no one wants? Why are he and his descendants hurled out and
After Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried away Jeconiah son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, as well as the officials