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Lamentation
(Heb. qinah), an elegy or dirge. The first example of this form of poetry is the lament of David over Saul and Jonathan (2 Sam. 1:17-27). It was a frequent accompaniment of mourning (Amos 8:10). In 2 Sam. 3:33, 34 is recorded David’s lament over Abner. Prophecy sometimes took the form of a lament when it predicted calamity (Ezek. 27:2, 32; 28:12; 32:2, 16).
In the Bible
27
Verses where Lamentation is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).
- 2 Samuel 1:17
Then David took up this lament for Saul and his son Jonathan,
- Acts 8:2
God-fearing men buried Stephen and mourned deeply over him.
- Amos 5:1
Hear this word, O house of Israel, this lamentation I take up against you:
- Amos 5:16
Therefore this is what the LORD, the God of Hosts, the Lord, says: “There will be wailing in all the public squares and cries of ‘Alas! Alas!’ in all the streets. The farmer will be summoned to mourn, and the mourners to wail.
- Amos 8:10
I will turn your feasts into mourning and all your songs into lamentation. I will cause everyone to wear sackcloth and every head to be shaved. I will make it like a time of mourning for an only son, and its outcome like a bitter day.
- Esther 9:31
in order to confirm these days of Purim at their appointed time, just as Mordecai the Jew and Queen Esther had established them and had committed themselves and their descendants to the times of fasting and lamentation.
+21 more verses naming Lamentation.
Scripture on Lamentation
22
Voices on Lamentation
21
Surfaced by name match — accuracy varies by title clarity.
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Sources · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
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