Quotes About Lament

“Now you, son of man, take up a lament for Tyre.

As they wail and mourn over you, they will take up a lament for you: ëWho was ever like Tyre, silenced in the middle of the sea?

“Son of man, take up a lament for the king of Tyre and tell him that this is what the Lord GOD says: ëYou were the seal of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.

“Son of man, take up a lament for Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him: ëYou are like a lion among the nations; you are like a monster in the seas. You thrash about in your rivers, churning up the waters with your feet and muddying the streams.í

This is the lament they will chant for her; the daughters of the nations will chant it. Over Egypt and all her multitudes they will chant it, declares the Lord GOD.”

Because of this I will lament and wail; I will walk barefoot and naked. I will howl like a jackal and mourn like an ostrich.

This is a prayer of Habakkuk the prophet, according to Shigionoth:

Wail, O cypress, for the cedar has fallen; the majestic trees are ruined! Wail, O oaks of Bashan, for the dense forest has been cut down!