Here you will find all biblical passages where / in which the word (or term) ‘Lamentation’ occurs and how often this word occurs per biblical book. We searched the New and Old Testaments to find all the verses and occurrences of the Word. his article is part of our small concordance.
The term ‘Lamentation’ occurs 24 times in the Bible. Below you will find all matching biblical passages divided according to the corresponding book.
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Bible passages with ‘Lamentation’ in the book Genesis
Genesis 50:10 And they arrived at the threshing place of Atad, which is situated beyond the Jordan. There they spent seven full days celebrating the funeral rites with a great and vehement lamentation.Genesis 50:10
Genesis 50:11 And when the inhabitants of the land of Canaan had seen this, they said, “This is a great Lamentation for the Egyptians.” And for this reason, the name of that place was called, “The Lamentation of Egypt.”Genesis 50:11
Number of the word / term Lamentation in Genesis: 2
Bible passages with ‘Lamentation’ in the book 2 Samuel
2 Samuel 1:17 Then David mourned a lamentation over Saul and over his son Jonathan, in this way.2 Samuel 1:17
2 Samuel 11:27 But when the lamentation was completed, David sent and brought her into his house, and she became his wife, and she bore a son to him. And this word, which David had done, was displeasing in the sight of the Lord.2 Samuel 11:27
Number of the word / term Lamentation in 2 Samuel: 2
Bible passages with ‘Lamentation’ in the book 2 Chronicles
2 Chronicles 35:25 most of all Jeremiah. All the singing men and women repeat his lamentations over Josiah, even to the present day. And this has become like a law in Israel. Behold, it is found written in the Lamentations.2 Chronicles 35:25
Number of the word / term Lamentation in 2 Chronicles: 1
Bible passages with ‘Lamentation’ in the book Job
Job 21:33 He has been found acceptable to the banks of the River of Lamentation, and he will draw any man towards him, and there are countless before him.Job 21:33
Number of the word / term Lamentation in Job: 1
Bible passages with ‘Lamentation’ in the book Jeremiah
Jeremiah 6:26 Wrap yourself in haircloth, O daughter of my people. And sprinkle yourself with ashes. Make a mourning for yourself, as for an only son, a bitter lamentation: ‘for the destroyer will overwhelm us suddenly.’Jeremiah 6:26
Jeremiah 7:29 Cut off your hair, and cast it away. And take up a lamentation on high. For the Lord has cast aside and abandoned this generation of his fury.Jeremiah 7:29
Jeremiah 9:10 I will take up weeping and lamentation over the mountains, and mourning over the beautiful places in the desert. For they have been scorched because no man is passing through them. And they have not heard the voice of any occupant. From the birds of the air, even to the cattle, they have migrated and withdrawn.Jeremiah 9:10
Jeremiah 9:18 ‘Let them hasten to take up a lamentation over us. Let our eyes shed tears, and our eyelids run with water.’Jeremiah 9:18
Jeremiah 9:19 For a voice of lamentation has been heard from Zion: ‘How is it that we have been devastated and greatly confounded? Our tabernacles have been thrown down because we have forsaken the land.’ ”Jeremiah 9:19
Jeremiah 31:15 Thus says the Lord: “A voice has been heard on high: of lamentation, mourning, and weeping; of Rachel crying for her sons and refusing to be consoled over them, because they are not.”Jeremiah 31:15
Number of the word / term Lamentation in Jeremiah: 6
Bible passages with ‘Lamentation’ in the book Lamentations
Lamentations 1:1 Prologue And it happened that, after Israel was driven into captivity, and Jerusalem was deserted, the prophet Jeremiah sat weeping, and he wailed this lamentation in Jerusalem. And sighing with a bitter soul, and mourning, he said: ALEPH. O how a city once filled with people now sits alone! The Governess of the Gentiles has become like a widow. The Prince of the provinces has been placed under tribute.Lamentations 1:1
Number of the word / term Lamentation in Lamentations: 1
Bible passages with ‘Lamentation’ in the book Ezekiel
Ezekiel 2:10 And he spread it out before me, and there was writing on the inside and on the outside. And there were written in it lamentations, and verses, and woes.Ezekiel 2:10
Ezekiel 19:14 And a fire has gone forth from a rod of her branches, which has consumed her fruit. And there is no strong branch in her to become a scepter for the rulers. This is a lamentation, and it shall be a lamentation.”Ezekiel 19:14
Ezekiel 26:17 And taking up a lamentation over you, they will say to you: ‘How could you have perished, you who live in the sea, the famous city that was strong in the sea, with your inhabitants, of whom the whole world was in dread?’Ezekiel 26:17
Ezekiel 27:2 “You, therefore, son of man, take up a lamentation over Tyre.Ezekiel 27:2
Ezekiel 28:11 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying: “Son of man, take up a lamentation over the king of Tyre,Ezekiel 28:11
Ezekiel 32:2 “Son of man, take up a lamentation over Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, and you shall say to him: You are like the lion of the Gentiles, and like the dragon that is in the sea. And you brandished a horn among your rivers, and you disturbed the waters with your feet, and you trampled upon their rivers.Ezekiel 32:2
Ezekiel 32:16 This is the lamentation. And they shall lament it. The daughters of the Gentiles shall lament it. They shall lament it over Egypt and over its multitude, says the Lord God.”Ezekiel 32:16
Number of the word / term Lamentation in Ezekiel: 7
Bible passages with ‘Lamentation’ in the book Amos
Amos 5:1 Listen to this word, which I lift over you in lamentation. The house of Israel has fallen, and it will no longer rise again.Amos 5:1
Amos 5:16 Therefore, thus says the Lord God of hosts, the Sovereign: In all the streets, there will be wailing. And in every place where they are outdoors, they will say, “Woe, woe!” And they will call the farmer to mourn, and those who know mourning to lamentation.Amos 5:16
Amos 8:10 And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your hymns into lamentation. And I will put sackcloth over every one of your backs, and baldness on every head. And I will begin it like the mourning for an only-begotten son, and complete it like a bitter day.Amos 8:10
Number of the word / term Lamentation in Amos: 3
Bible passages with ‘Lamentation’ in the book Zechariah
Zechariah 12:11 In that day, there will be a great lamentation in Jerusalem, like the lamentation of Hadadrimmon in the plain of Megiddo.Zechariah 12:11
Number of the word / term ‘Lamentation’ in Zechariah: 1
These texts are taken from the following version: Catholic Public Domain Version.
Number of Bible Verses found on the topic: 24
