'Wail' in the Bible
Wail! For the day of the Lord is near.It will come like destruction from the Almighty.
Wail, you gates! Cry out, city!Tremble with fear, all Philistia!For a cloud of dust is coming from the north,and there is no one missing from the invader’s ranks.
Therefore let Moab wail;let every one of them wail for Moab.Mourn, you who are completely devastated,for the raisin cakes of Kir-hareseth.
An oracle against Tyre:Wail, ships of Tarshish,for your haven has been destroyed.Word has reached them from the land of Cyprus.
Wail, ships of Tarshish,because your fortress is destroyed!
So now what have I here”—this is the Lord’s declaration—“that My people are taken away for nothing?Its rulers wail”—this is the Lord’s declaration—“and My name is continually blasphemed all day long.