Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
This is the lamentation wherewith they shall lament her: the daughters of the nations shall lament her: they shall lament for her, even for Egypt, and for all her multitude, saith the Lord GOD.
General references
Bible References
General references
Ezekiel 32:2
“Son of man, lament for Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him:
You compare yourself to a lion of the nations,
but you are like a monster in the seas.
You thrash about in your rivers,
churn up the waters with your feet,
and muddy the rivers.”
but
You thrash about in your rivers,
churn up the waters with your feet,
and muddy the
Ezekiel 26:17
Then they will lament for you and say of you:
How you have perished, city of renown,
you who were populated from the seas!
She who was powerful on the sea,
she and all of her inhabitants
inflicted their terror.
you who were populated from the seas!
She who was powerful on the sea,
she and all of her inhabitants
inflicted their terror.
2 Samuel 1:17
David sang the following lament for Saul and his son Jonathan,
2 Samuel 3:33
and the king sang a lament for Abner:
Should Abner die as a fool dies?
2 Chronicles 35:25
Jeremiah chanted a dirge over Josiah, and all the singing men and singing women still speak of Josiah in their dirges to this very day. They established them as a statute for Israel, and indeed they are written in the Dirges.
Jeremiah 9:17
This is what the Lord of Hosts says:
Consider, and summon the women who mourn;
send for the skillful women.
send for the skillful women.