Dictionary of Bible Themes » 5000 Humanity » 5760 Human attitudes and behaviour » 5899 lament
A song of mourning or sorrow. Laments may be occasioned by bereavement, personal trouble, national disaster or the judgment of God.
Lamentation occasioned by bereavement
2 Samuel 3:33-34 See also Genesis 50:10; Jeremiah 31:15; Matthew 2:16-18; Matthew 9:23 pp Mark 5:38 pp Luke 8:52; Luke 23:27; John 11:31-33
Lamentation occasioned by personal trouble
Psalm 56:2,8; Psalm 102:1-2
Lamentation occasioned by national disaster
2 Chronicles 35:25 See also 2 Samuel 1:17-27; Esther 4:1; Esther 9:31; Jeremiah 8:21-9:1
Lamentation occasioned by the judgment of God on Israel
Amos 5:1-2 The call to lament is sometimes meant as a warning of impending judgment ; Lamentations 1:1 The book of Lamentations is a series of laments after the fall of Jerusalem. See also Isaiah 3:24-26; Isaiah 29:1-2; Jeremiah 4:7-8; Jeremiah 7:29; Jeremiah 9:10,17-21; Lamentations 2:5; Ezekiel 2:9-10; Ezekiel 19:1-14
Lamentation occasioned by the judgment of God on other nations
Isaiah 16:9-11 See also Isaiah 15:5,8; Isaiah 16:7; Isaiah 19:8; Jeremiah 48:36; Ezekiel 26:17-18; Ezekiel 27:2-36; Ezekiel 28:12-19; Ezekiel 30:2-4; Ezekiel 32:2-16
Lamentation as a sign of repentance
Lamentations 1:5,8; Lamentations 3:39-40; Ezekiel 9:3-6
See also
5198 weeping 5265 complaints 5419 mourning 5795 bereavement 5952 sorrow 6732 repentance 7963 song 9210 judgment, God's 9250 woe
