Lexicon :: Strong's H3213 - yālal

Wail, for the day of the LORD is at hand!

It will come as [fn]destruction from the [fn]Almighty (All Sufficient One—Invincible God)!

“Howl, O gate; cry, O city!

Melt away, O Philistia, all of you;

For smoke comes out of the north,

And there is no straggler in his ranks and no one stands detached [in Hezekiah’s battalions].

They have gone up to the temple and to Dibon, to the high places to weep.

Moab wails over Nebo and over Medeba;

Everyone’s head is shaved, and every beard is cut off [in mourning].

Therefore Moab will wail for Moab; everyone will wail.

You will mourn for the raisin cakes of Kir-hareseth,

As those who are utterly stricken and discouraged.

The [mournful, inspired] oracle ([fn]a burden to be carried) concerning [fn]Tyre:

Wail, O ships of Tarshish,

For Tyre is destroyed, without house, without harbor;

It is reported to them from the land of Cyprus (Kittim).

Cross over to Tarshish [to seek safety as exiles];

Wail, O inhabitants of the coastland [of Tyre].

Wail, O ships of Tarshish,

For your stronghold [of Tyre] is destroyed.

“Indeed, My servants will shout for joy from a happy heart,

But you will cry out with a heavy heart,

And you shall wail and howl from a broken spirit.

“For this reason, put on sackcloth [for mourning],

Lament (mourn with expressions of grief for the dead) and wail,

For the fierce anger of the LORD

Has not turned back from us.”

“Wail, you shepherds, and cry;

And roll in ashes, you masters of the flock.

For the days of your slaughter and of your dispersions have come in full,

And you will fall and be broken into pieces like a choice vessel.

“Behold, waters are going to rise out of the north (Babylonia)

And become an overflowing stream

And overflow the land and all that is in it,

The city and those who live in it.

Then the people will cry out,

And all the inhabitants of the land [of Philistia] will wail.

“Moab is shamed, for she has been broken down and shattered.

Wail and cry out!

Tell by [the banks of] the Arnon

That Moab has been destroyed.

“Therefore I will wail over Moab,

And I will cry out for all Moab.

I will sigh and mourn over the men of Kir-heres (Kir-hareseth).

“Wail, O [fn]Heshbon, for Ai [in Ammon] has been destroyed!

Cry out, O daughters of Rabbah!

Wrap yourselves with sackcloth and lament (cry out in grief),

And rush back and forth inside the enclosures;

For Malcam [your powerless god] will go into exile

Together with his priests and his princes.

Babylon has suddenly fallen and is shattered!

Wail for her [if you care to]!

Get balm for her [incurable] pain;

Perhaps she may be healed.

“Wail, ‘Alas for the day!’

They do not cry out to Me from their heart

When they wail on their beds [in unbelieving despair];

For the sake of grain and new wine they [fn]assemble themselves [as if worshiping Baal];

They rebel against Me.

Awake [from your intoxication], you drunkards, and weep;

Wail, all you drinkers of wine,

Because of the [fresh] sweet wine

That is cut off from your mouth.

Be ashamed, O farmers;

Wail, O vinedressers,

For the wheat and for the barley,

Because the harvest of the field has perished.

Clothe yourselves with sackcloth

And lament (cry out in grief), O priests;

Wail, O ministers of the altar!

Come, spend the night in sackcloth [and pray without ceasing],

O ministers of my God,

For the grain offering and the drink offering

Are withheld from the house of your God.

Because of this I [Micah] must lament (mourn over with expressions of grief) and wail,

I must go barefoot and naked [without outer garments as if robbed];

I must wail like the jackals

And lament [with a loud, mournful cry] like the ostriches.

“Wail [in anguish], you inhabitants of the [fn]Mortar (Valley of Siloam),

For all the merchants of Canaan will be silenced and destroyed;

All who weigh out silver will be cut off.

Wail, O cypress, for the cedar has fallen,

Because the magnificent trees have been destroyed;

Wail, O oaks of Bashan,

For the inaccessible forest [on the steep mountainside] has come down.