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Children » Grief occasioned by loss of
Now Absalom fled and went to Talmai son of Ammihud, king of Geshur. And David mourned for his son every day.
All his sons and daughters tried to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. “No,” he said. “I will go down to Sheol to my son, mourning.” And his father wept for him.
Your servant my father said to us, 'You know that my wife bore me two sons. One left-I said that he must have been torn to pieces-and I have never seen him again. If you also take this one from me and anything happens to him, you will bring my gray hairs down to Sheol in sorrow.'
and roll in the dust.
Mourn as you would for an only son,
a bitter lament,
for suddenly the destroyer
This is what the Lord says:
A voice was heard in Ramah,
a lament with bitter weeping—
Rachel weeping for her children,
refusing to be comforted for her children
because they are no more.
a lament with bitter weeping—
Rachel weeping for her children,
refusing to be comforted for her children
because they are no more.
Lamentations » Examples of » For the miseries of israel
and roll in the dust.
Mourn as you would for an only son,
a bitter lament,
for suddenly the destroyer
Cut off the hair of your sacred vow and throw it away. Raise up a dirge on the barren heights, for the Lord has rejected and abandoned the generation under His wrath.
mourn and wail,
for the Lord’s burning anger
has not turned away from us.
mourning for the husband of her youth.
Listen to this message that I am singing for you, a lament, house of Israel:
and lament mournfully,
“We are totally ruined!
He measures out the allotted land of my people.
How He removes it from me!
He allots our fields
Sackcloth » A symbol of mourning
cry out, daughters of Rabbah!
Clothe yourselves with sackcloth,
run back and forth within your walls,
because Milcom will go into exile
together with his priests and officials.
י YodThe elders of Daughter Zion
sit on the ground in silence.
They have thrown dust on their heads
and put on sackcloth.
The young women of Jerusalem
have bowed their heads to the ground.
sit on the ground in silence.
They have thrown dust on their heads
and put on sackcloth.
The young women of Jerusalem
have bowed their heads to the ground.
So I turned my attention to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and petitions, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.
and horror will overwhelm them.
Shame will cover all their faces,
and all their heads will be bald.
and roll in the dust.
Mourn as you would for an only son,
a bitter lament,
for suddenly the destroyer
mourn and wail,
for the Lord’s burning anger
has not turned away from us.
mourning for the husband of her youth.
His servants said to him, "Consider this: we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are kings [who show] special kindness. So let's put sackcloth around our waists and ropes around our heads, and let's go out to the king of Israel. Perhaps he will spare your life." So they dressed with sackcloth around their waists and ropes around their heads, went to the king of Israel, and said, "Your servant Ben-hadad says, 'Please spare my life.' " So he said, "Is he still alive? He is my brother."
on its rooftops and in its public squares everyone wails,
falling down and weeping.