MOREOVER take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ezekiel 19:1 · retained source text
¶ Moreouer, take thou vp a lamentation for the princes of Israel,
KJV dictionary & concordance
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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Every verse containing “lamentation”
And fire is gone out of a rod of her branches, which hath devoured her fruit, so that she hath no strong rod to be a sceptre to rule. This is a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ezekiel 19:14 · retained source text
And fire is gone out of a rod of her branches, which hath deuoured her fruite, so that she hath no strong rod to be a scepter to rule: this is a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation.
And they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and say to thee, How art thou destroyed, that wast inhabited of seafaring men, the renowned city, which wast strong in the sea, she and her inhabitants, which cause their terror to be on all that haunt it!
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Ezekiel 26:17 · retained source text
And they shall take vp a lamentation for thee, and say to thee, How art thou destroyed that wast inhabited of Sea-faring men, the renowned citie, which wast strong in the sea, she and her inhabitants, which cause their terrour to be on all that haunt it?
1611 marginal noteHebr. of the seas.
1611 marginal noteReuel. 18.9.
Now, thou son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyrus;
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ezekiel 27:2 · retained source text
Now thou sonne of man, take vp a lamentation for Tyrus;
And in their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and lament over thee, saying, What city is like Tyrus, like the destroyed in the midst of the sea?
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ezekiel 27:32 · retained source text
And in their wailing, they shall take vp a lamentation for thee, and lament ouer thee, saying; What citie is like Tyrus, like the destroyed in the middest of the sea?
Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord God; Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ezekiel 28:12 · retained source text
Sonne of man, take vp a lamentation vpon the king of Tyrus, and say vnto him, Thus saith the LORD God; Thou sealest vp the summe, full of wisedome and perfect in beautie.
Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say unto him, Thou art like a young lion of the nations, and thou art as a whale in the seas: and thou camest forth with thy rivers, and troubledst the waters with thy feet, and fouledst their rivers.
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Ezekiel 32:2 · retained source text
Sonne of man, take vp a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say vnto him; Thou art like a young lyon of the nations, & thou art as a whale in the seas: and thou camest forth with thy riuers, and troubledst the waters with thy feet, and fouledst their riuers.
1611 marginal noteOr, dragon.
This is the lamentation wherewith they shall lament her: the daughters of the nations shall lament her: they shall lament for her, even for Egypt, and for all her multitude, saith the Lord God.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ezekiel 32:16 · retained source text
This is the lamentation wherewith they shall lament her: the daughters of the nations shall lament her: they shall lament for her, euen for Egypt and for al her multitude, saith the LORD God.
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.
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.
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