- lamented:
- "The beautyª of Israelª is slainª upon¹ thy high places:ª how¹ are the mightyª fallen!ª°" {2Sm 1:19} + "And when the inhabitantsª° of the land,ª the Canaanites,ª sawª°¹ the mourningª in the floorª of Atad,ª they said,ª° This¹ [is] a grievousª mourningª to the Egyptians:ª wherefore¹¹ the name¹ of it² was calledª° Abelmizraim,ª which¹ [is] beyondª Jordan.ª" {Gen 50:11} + "And Jeremiahª lamentedª° for¹ Josiah:ª and all¹ the singing menª° and the singing womenª° spakeª° of¹ Josiahª in their lamentationsª to¹ this day,ª and madeª° them an ordinanceª in¹ Israel:ª and, behold,¹ they [are] writtenª° in¹ the lamentations.ª" {2Ch 35:25} + "Thus¹ saithª° the LORDª of hosts,ª Considerª° ye, and callª° for the mourning women,ª° that they may come;ª° and sendª° for¹ cunningª [women], that they may come:ª° ... For¹ deathª is come upª° into our windows,ª [and] is enteredª° into our palaces,ª to cut offª° the childrenª from without,ª¹ [and] the young menª from the streets.ª¹" {Jer 9:17-21}
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