'Woe' in the Bible
He unrolled it before me, and it had writing on the front and back; written on it were laments, mourning, and woe.
This is what the sovereign Lord says: Woe to the foolish prophets who follow their own spirit but have seen nothing!
and say 'This is what the sovereign Lord says: Woe to those who sew bands on all their wrists and make headbands for heads of every size to entrap people's lives! Will you entrap my people's lives, yet preserve your own lives?
"'After all of your evil -- "Woe! Woe to you!" declares the sovereign Lord --
"'Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: Woe to the city of bloodshed, the pot whose rot is in it, whose rot has not been removed from it! Empty it piece by piece. No lot has fallen on it.
"'Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: Woe to the city of bloodshed! I will also make the pile high.
"Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel; prophesy, and say to them -- to the shepherds: 'This is what the sovereign Lord says: Woe to the shepherds of Israel who have been feeding themselves! Should not shepherds feed the flock?