In that day they will take up a proverb against you and taunt you with this bitter lamentation: ‘We are utterly ruined! He has changed the portion of my people. How He has removed it from me! He has allotted our fields to traitors.’”
Will not all of these take up a taunt against him, speaking with mockery and derision: ‘Woe to him who amasses what is n
and at noon you will grope about like a blind man in the darkness. You will not prosper in your ways. Day after day you
I will take up a weeping and wailing for the mountains, a dirge over the wilderness pasture, for they have been scorched
And Balaam lifted up an oracle, saying: “Balak brought me from Aram, the king of Moab from the mountains of the east. ‘C
This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Take note, and summon the wailing women; send for the most skillful among them.
I will again bring a conqueror against you, O dweller of Mareshah. The glory of Israel will come to Adullam.
Then I asked: “How long, O Lord?” And He replied: “Until the cities lie ruined and without inhabitant, until the houses
The earth will be utterly laid waste and thoroughly plundered. For the LORD has spoken this word.
If I go out to the country, I see those slain by the sword; if I enter the city, I see those ravaged by famine! For both
At this, the leaders sought to arrest Jesus, for they knew that He had spoken this parable against them. But fearing the
Put on sackcloth and lament, O priests; wail, O ministers of the altar. Come, spend the night in sackcloth, O ministers
Arise and depart, for this is not your place of rest, because its defilement brings destruction—a grievous destruction!
How lonely lies the city, once so full of people! She who was great among the nations has become a widow. The princess o
Then Balaam lifted up an oracle, saying: “Arise, O Balak, and listen; give ear to me, O son of Zippor.
Behold, all who speak in proverbs will quote this proverb about you: ‘Like mother, like daughter.’
Then Jeremiah lamented over Josiah, and to this day all the male and female singers recite laments over Josiah. They est
“I will completely sweep away everything from the face of the earth,” declares the LORD.
which He unrolled before me. And written on the front and back of it were words of lamentation, mourning, and woe.
Wail like a virgin dressed in sackcloth, grieving for the husband of her youth.
Then Balaam lifted up an oracle, saying, “This is the prophecy of Balaam son of Beor, the prophecy of a man whose eyes a
you will sing this song of contempt against the king of Babylon: How the oppressor has ceased, and how his fury has ende
Behold, he advances like the clouds, his chariots like the whirlwind. His horses are swifter than eagles. Woe to us, for
Hear this word, O house of Israel, this lamentation I take up against you:
behold, I will summon all the families of the north, declares the LORD, and I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar ki
There will be wailing in all the vineyards, for I will pass through your midst,” says the LORD.
Then David took up this lament for Saul and his son Jonathan,
Finally, the LORD removed Israel from His presence, as He had declared through all His servants the prophets. So Israel
Why, O LORD, do You make us stray from Your ways and harden our hearts from fearing You? Return, for the sake of Your se
and he lifted up an oracle, saying: “This is the prophecy of Balaam son of Beor, the prophecy of a man whose eyes are op
Those who escaped the sword were carried by Nebuchadnezzar into exile in Babylon, and they became servants to him and hi
Job continued his discourse: