8 occurrences

'Wail' in the Bible

For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and wail; for the fierce anger of Jehovah is not turned back from us.

Verse ConceptsClothLamentingHaircloth

Wail, ye shepherds, and cry; and wallow in ashes , ye principal of the flock; for the days of your slaughter and of your dispersions are fully come, and ye shall fall like a goodly vessel.

Verse ConceptsWeeping

Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, waters rise up out of the north, and shall become an overflowing stream, and shall overflow the land and all that is therein, the city and them that dwell therein; and the men shall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land shall wail.

Verse ConceptsOut Of The NorthLike A FloodFloods

Moab is put to shame; for it is broken down: wail and cry; tell ye it by the Arnon, that Moab is laid waste.

Verse ConceptsRivers And StreamsArnonRiver Arnon

Therefore will I wail for Moab; yea, I will cry out for all Moab: for the men of Kir-heres shall they mourn.

Verse ConceptsGod, Suffering OfI Mourn Catastrophe

How is it broken down! how do they wail! how hath Moab turned the back with shame! so shall Moab become a derision and a terror to all that are round about him.

Verse ConceptsTurning One's BackMade A HorrorShame Has Come

Wail, O Heshbon, for Ai is laid waste; cry, ye daughters of Rabbah, gird you with sackcloth: lament, and run to and fro among the fences; for Malcam shall go into captivity, his priests and his princes together.

Verse ConceptsAi, The CitySackcloth And AshesAfflictions Of The WickedExiled Foreigners

Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: wail for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed.

Verse ConceptsBalmsMedicineOintmentBabylon Destroyed

Bible Theasaurus

Lament (75 instances)
Plaint (5 instances)
Whimper (1 instance)

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