Dictionary of Bible Themes A song of mourning or sorrow. Laments may be occasioned by bereavement, personal trouble, national disaster or the judgment of God. 2 Samuel 3:33-34Lamentation occasioned by bereavement See also Genesis 50:10Jeremiah 31:15 Matthew 2:16-18; 9:23 Luke 23:27 pp Mk 5:38 John 11:31-33pp Lk 8:52 Psalms 56:2,8; 102:1-2Lamentation occasioned by personal trouble 2 Chronicles 35:25Lamentation occasioned by national disaster See also 2 Samuel 1:17-27Esther 4:1; 9:31 Jeremiah 8:21-9:1 Amos 5:1-2 Lamentation occasioned by the judgment of God on Israel Lamentations 1:1The call to lament is sometimes meant as a warning of impending judgment See also Isaiah 3:24-26; 29:1-2The book of Lamentations is a series of laments after the fall of Jerusalem. Jeremiah 4:7-8; 7:29; 9:10,17-21Lamentations 2:5 Ezekiel 2:9-10; 19:1-14 Isaiah 16:9-11 Lamentation occasioned by the judgment of God on other nations See also Isaiah 15:5,8; 16:7; 19:8Jeremiah 48:36 Ezekiel 26:17-18; 27:2-36; 28:12-19; 30:2-4; 32:2-16 Lamentations 1:5,8; 3:39-40 Lamentation as a sign of repentance Ezekiel 9:3-6See also 5198 weeping5265 complaints 5419 mourning 5795 bereavement 5952 sorrow 6732 repentance 7963 song 9210 judgment, God's 9250 woe |
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