David’s Dirge for Saul and Jonathan

17 Then David (A)chanted with this lament over Saul and Jonathan his son,

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David’s Lament for Saul and Jonathan

17 David took up this lament(A) concerning Saul and his son Jonathan,(B)

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33 (A)The king chanted a lament for Abner and said,

“Should Abner die as a fool dies?
34 “Your hands were not bound, nor your feet put in fetters;
As one falls before the [a]wicked, you have fallen.”

And all the people wept again over him.

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  1. 2 Samuel 3:34 Lit sons of wickedness

33 The king sang this lament(A) for Abner:

“Should Abner have died as the lawless die?
34     Your hands were not bound,
    your feet were not fettered.(B)
You fell as one falls before the wicked.”

And all the people wept over him again.

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25 Then (A)Jeremiah chanted a lament for Josiah. And all the male and female singers speak about Josiah in their lamentations to this day. And they made them an ordinance in Israel; behold, they are also written in the Lamentations.

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25 Jeremiah composed laments for Josiah, and to this day all the male and female singers commemorate Josiah in the laments.(A) These became a tradition in Israel and are written in the Laments.(B)

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17 Thus says the Lord of hosts,

“Consider and call for the (A)mourning women, that they may come;
And send for the [a](B)wailing women, that they may come!

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  1. Jeremiah 9:17 Lit skilled

17 This is what the Lord Almighty says:

“Consider now! Call for the wailing women(A) to come;
    send for the most skillful of them.

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17 They will take up a (A)lamentation over you and say to you,

(B)How you have perished, O inhabited one,
From the seas, O renowned city,
Which was (C)mighty on the sea,
She and her inhabitants,
Who [a]imposed [b]her terror
On all her inhabitants!

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  1. Ezekiel 26:17 Lit put
  2. Ezekiel 26:17 Lit their

17 Then they will take up a lament(A) concerning you and say to you:

“‘How you are destroyed, city of renown,
    peopled by men of the sea!
You were a power on the seas,
    you and your citizens;
you put your terror
    on all who lived there.(B)

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“Son of man, take up a (A)lamentation over Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him,

‘You [a]compared yourself to a young (B)lion of the nations,
Yet you are like the (C)monster in the seas;
And you (D)burst forth in your rivers
And muddied the waters with your feet
And [b]fouled their rivers.’”

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  1. Ezekiel 32:2 Or were like
  2. Ezekiel 32:2 Lit fouled by stamping

“Son of man, take up a lament(A) concerning Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him:

“‘You are like a lion(B) among the nations;
    you are like a monster(C) in the seas(D)
thrashing about in your streams,
    churning the water with your feet
    and muddying the streams.(E)

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