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, take up a dirge (funeral poem to be sung) over Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him,
‘You have compared yourself to a young lion among the nations,
But you are like a monster in the seas;
You burst into your rivers
And disturbed and muddied the waters with your feet
And fouled their rivers [the source of their prosperity].’”
But you are like a monster in the seas;
You burst into your rivers
And disturbed and muddied the waters with your feet
And fouled their rivers [the source of their prosperity].’”
Ezekiel 26:17
They will take up a dirge (funeral poem to be sung) for you and say to you,
‘How you have perished and vanished, O renowned city,
From the seas, O renowned city,
Which was mighty on the sea,
She and her inhabitants,
Who imposed her terror
On all who lived there!
From the seas, O renowned city,
Which was mighty on the sea,
She and her inhabitants,
Who imposed her terror
On all who lived there!
2 Samuel 1:17
Then David sang this dirge (funeral song) over Saul and his son Jonathan,
2 Samuel 3:33
And the king sang a dirge (funeral song) over Abner and said,“Should Abner [the great warrior] die as a fool dies?
2 Chronicles 35:25
Then Jeremiah sung a lament (funeral song) for Josiah, and all the male and female singers have spoken about Josiah in their laments to this day. They made the songs an ordinance in Israel; behold, they are written in the Lamentations.
Jeremiah 9:17
Thus says the Lord of hosts,
“Consider and call for the mourning women to come;
Send for the wailing women to come.
Send for the wailing women to come.