Ezekiel 32:16
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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.This is the lament they will chant for her; the daughters of the nations will chant it. Over Egypt and all her multitudes they will chant it, declares the Lord GOD.”
In other translations
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.This is the lament they will chant for her; the daughters of the nations will chant it. Over Egypt and all her multitudes they will chant it, declares the Lord GOD.”
Hebrew words
קִינָהkinah[is] a lamentationH7015הִיאhi'itH1931וְקוֹנְנוּהָvekonuhaand people will chant itH6969בְּנוֹתbenot[the] daughters ofH1323הַגּוֹיִםhagoyimthe nationsH1471תְּקוֹנֵנָּהtekonenahthey will chantH6969אוֹתָהּ'otah<obj.> itH853עַל־'al-overH5921מִצְרַיִםmitzrayimEgyptH4714וְעַל־ve'al-and overH5921כָּל־kol-allH3605הֲמוֹנָהּhamonahmultitude itsH1995תְּקוֹנֵנָּהtekonenahthey will chantH6969אוֹתָהּ'otah<obj.> itH853נְאֻםne'um[the] utterance ofH5002אֲדֹנָי'adonai[the] LordH136יְהוִה׃ פyahwehYahwehH3069
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Related verses
- 2 Samuel 1:17And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son:Then David took up this lament for Saul and his son Jonathan,
- Ezekiel 26:17And 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!Then they will lament for you, saying, “How you have perished, O city of renown inhabited by seafaring men— she who was powerful on the sea, along with her people, who imposed terror on all peoples!
- Ezekiel 32:2Son 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.“Son of man, take up a lament for Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him: ‘You are like a lion among the nations; you are like a monster in the seas. You thrash about in your rivers, churning up the waters with your feet and muddying the streams.’
- 2 Chronicles 35:25And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men and the singing women spake of Josiah in their lamentations to this day, and made them an ordinance in Israel: and, behold, they are written in the lamentations.Then Jeremiah lamented over Josiah, and to this day all the choirs of men and women sing laments over Josiah. They established them as a statute for Israel, and indeed they are written in the Book of Laments.
- Jeremiah 9:17Thus saith the Lord of hosts, Consider ye, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for cunning women, that they may come:This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Take note, and summon the wailing women; send for the most skillful among them.
- 2 Samuel 3:33-3433 And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Died Abner as a fool dieth? 34 Thy hands were not bound, nor thy feet put into fetters: as a man falleth before wicked men, so fellest thou. And all the people wept again over him.33 And the king sang this lament for Abner: “Should Abner die the death of a fool? 34 Your hands were not bound, your feet were not fettered. As a man falls before the wicked, so also you fell.” And all the people wept over him even more.
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People and places
Places: Egypt