'Wail' in the Bible

Because of this, put on sackcloth;mourn and wail,for the Lord’s burning angerhas not turned away from us.

Wail, you shepherds, and cry out.Roll in the dust, you leaders of the flock.Because the days of your slaughter have come,you will fall and become shattered like a precious vase.

Hear the sound of the shepherds’ cry,the wail of the leaders of the flock,for the Lord is destroying their pasture.

This is what the Lord says:Look, waters are rising from the northand becoming an overflowing wadi.They will overflow the land and everything in it,the cities and their inhabitants.The people will cry out,and every inhabitant of the land will wail.

Moab is put to shame, indeed dismayed.Wail and cry out!Declare by the Arnonthat Moab is destroyed.

Therefore, I will wail over Moab.I will cry out for Moab, all of it;he will moan for the men of Kir-heres.

“How broken it is! They wail! How Moab has turned his back! He is ashamed. Moab will become a laughingstock and a shock to all those around him.”

Wail, Heshbon, for Ai is devastated;cry out, daughters of Rabbah!Clothe yourselves with sackcloth, and lament;run back and forth within your walls,because Milcom will go into exiletogether with his priests and officials.

Suddenly Babylon fell and was shattered.Wail for her;get balm for her wound—perhaps she can be healed.