HEAR ye this word which I take up against you, even a lamentation, O house of Israel.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Amos 5:1 · retained source text
¶ Heare ye this word which I take vp against you, euen a lamentation, O house of Israel.
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lamentation
Meaning of “lamentation”
Expression of sorrow; cries of grief; the act of bewailing.
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25 occurrences24 verses10 booksKJV PCE
Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Genesis 50:10
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Therefore the Lord, the God of hosts, the Lord, saith thus; Wailing shall be in all streets; and they shall say in all the highways, Alas! alas! and they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skilful of lamentation to wailing.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Amos 5:16 · retained source text
Therefore the LORD, the God of hostes, the LORD saith thus: Wailing shall be in all streets, and they shall say in all the high wayes, Alas, Alas: and they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skilful of lamentation, to wailing.
And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Amos 8:10 · retained source text
And I will turne your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation, and I will bring vp sackcloth vpon all loynes, and baldnesse vpon euery head: and I will make it as the mourning of an onely sonne, and the end thereof as a bitter day.
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