11 occurrences in 12 translations

'Wail' in the Bible

And Jerusalem’s gates will lament (cry out in grief) and mourn [as those who wail for the dead];And she, being ruined and desolate, will sit upon the ground.

Verse ConceptsSitting In DejectionMourning Due To Catastrophe

Wail! For the day of the Lord is near.It will come like destruction from the Almighty.

Verse ConceptsLordship, Human And DivineGod DestroyingThe Fact Of That Day

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.

Verse ConceptsNorthSmokeOut Of The NorthOrderly ArmysmokingSmoke Used Poetically

In their streets they wear sackcloth; on their roofs and in their town squares all of them wail, they fall down weeping.

Verse ConceptsProstrationRoofSackcloth And AshesSorrowRooftop

For the cry of distress has gone around the territory of Moab,Its wail goes as far as Eglaim and its wailing even to Beer-elim.

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.

Verse ConceptsBereavement, Expression OfLamentingDried Fruit

An oracle against Tyre:Wail, ships of Tarshish,for your haven has been destroyed.Word has reached them from the land of Cyprus.

Verse ConceptsSeafaringShips

Cross over to Tarshish;wail, inhabitants of the coastland!

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.

Verse ConceptsCurses, HumanBlasphemy, At GodLaw, Letter And Spirit OfMockeryProfaning God's Name

“Behold, My servants will shout joyfully with a glad heart,But you will cry out with a heavy heart,And you will wail with a broken spirit.

Verse ConceptsAgony, In HeartPromised JoyOthers MourningA Broken Heart

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