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Amos 5:16-18
Therefore this is what the Lord, the Lord God Almighty, says:“ There will be wailing in all the streets and cries of anguish in every public square. The farmers will be summoned to weep and the mourners to wail.There will be wailing in all the vineyards, for I will pass through your midst,” says the Lord.Woe to you who long for the day of the Lord! Why do you long for the day of the Lord? That day will be darkness, not light. (niv)
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Isaiah 5:30
In that day they will roar over it like the roaring of the sea. And if one looks at the land, there is only darkness and distress; even the sun will be darkened by clouds. (niv)
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Jeremiah 46:5
What do I see? They are terrified, they are retreating, their warriors are defeated. They flee in haste without looking back, and there is terror on every side,” declares the Lord. (niv)
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Jeremiah 4:15-20
A voice is announcing from Dan, proclaiming disaster from the hills of Ephraim.“ Tell this to the nations, proclaim concerning Jerusalem:‘ A besieging army is coming from a distant land, raising a war cry against the cities of Judah.They surround her like men guarding a field, because she has rebelled against me,’” declares the Lord.“ Your own conduct and actions have brought this on you. This is your punishment. How bitter it is! How it pierces to the heart!”Oh, my anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain. Oh, the agony of my heart! My heart pounds within me, I cannot keep silent. For I have heard the sound of the trumpet; I have heard the battle cry.Disaster follows disaster; the whole land lies in ruins. In an instant my tents are destroyed, my shelter in a moment. (niv)
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Zephaniah 1:10-11
“ On that day,” declares the Lord,“ a cry will go up from the Fish Gate, wailing from the New Quarter, and a loud crash from the hills.Wail, you who live in the market district; all your merchants will be wiped out, all who trade with silver will be destroyed. (niv)
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Jeremiah 9:19
The sound of wailing is heard from Zion:‘ How ruined we are! How great is our shame! We must leave our land because our houses are in ruins.’” (niv)
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Luke 23:29-30
For the time will come when you will say,‘ Blessed are the childless women, the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed!’Then“‘ they will say to the mountains,“ Fall on us!” and to the hills,“ Cover us!”’ (niv)
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Jeremiah 8:19
Listen to the cry of my people from a land far away:“ Is the Lord not in Zion? Is her King no longer there?”“ Why have they aroused my anger with their images, with their worthless foreign idols?” (niv)
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Isaiah 59:11
We all growl like bears; we moan mournfully like doves. We look for justice, but find none; for deliverance, but it is far away. (niv)
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Jeremiah 25:36
Hear the cry of the shepherds, the wailing of the leaders of the flock, for the Lord is destroying their pasture. (niv)
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Luke 19:41-44
As he approached Jerusalem and saw the city, he wept over itand said,“ If you, even you, had only known on this day what would bring you peace— but now it is hidden from your eyes.The days will come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment against you and encircle you and hem you in on every side.They will dash you to the ground, you and the children within your walls. They will not leave one stone on another, because you did not recognize the time of God’s coming to you.” (niv)
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Luke 21:25-26
“ There will be signs in the sun, moon and stars. On the earth, nations will be in anguish and perplexity at the roaring and tossing of the sea.People will faint from terror, apprehensive of what is coming on the world, for the heavenly bodies will be shaken. (niv)
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Jeremiah 31:15-16
This is what the Lord says:“ A voice is heard in Ramah, mourning and great weeping, Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.”This is what the Lord says:“ Restrain your voice from weeping and your eyes from tears, for your work will be rewarded,” declares the Lord.“ They will return from the land of the enemy. (niv)
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Jeremiah 6:23-25
They are armed with bow and spear; they are cruel and show no mercy. They sound like the roaring sea as they ride on their horses; they come like men in battle formation to attack you, Daughter Zion.”We have heard reports about them, and our hands hang limp. Anguish has gripped us, pain like that of a woman in labor.Do not go out to the fields or walk on the roads, for the enemy has a sword, and there is terror on every side. (niv)
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Amos 8:10
I will turn your religious festivals into mourning and all your singing into weeping. I will make all of you wear sackcloth and shave your heads. I will make that time like mourning for an only son and the end of it like a bitter day. (niv)