'Take Up a Lamentation' in the Bible

“As for you, take up a lamentation for the princes of Israel

They will take up a lamentation over you and say to you,‘How you have perished, O inhabited one,From the seas, O renowned city,Which was mighty on the sea,She and her inhabitants,Who imposed her terrorOn all her inhabitants!

“And you, son of man, take up a lamentation over Tyre;

“Moreover, in their wailing they will take up a lamentation for youAnd lament over you:‘Who is like Tyre,Like her who is silent in the midst of the sea?

“Son of man, take up a lamentation over the king of Tyre and say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord God,“You had the seal of perfection,Full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.

“Son of man, take up a lamentation over Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him,‘You compared yourself to a young lion of the nations,Yet you are like the monster in the seas;And you burst forth in your riversAnd muddied the waters with your feetAnd fouled their rivers.’”