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.

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.”
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.
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.

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