Lexicon :: Strong's H60 - 'ēḇel

So Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father blessed him; and Esau said in his heart, “The days of mourning for my father are very near; then I will kill my brother Jacob.”

“Therefore my lyre (harp) is used for [the sound of] mourning,

And my flute for the [sound of the] voices of those who weep.

It is better to go to the house of mourning

Than to go to the house of feasting,

For that [day of death] is the end of every man,

And the living will take it to heart and solemnly ponder its meaning.

The heart of the wise [learns when it] is in the house of mourning,

But the heart of fools is [senseless] in the house of pleasure.

“Your sun will no longer set,

Nor will your moon wane;

For the LORD will be your everlasting light,

And the days of your mourning will be over.

To grant to those who mourn in Zion the following:

To give them a [fn]turban instead of dust [on their heads, a sign of mourning],

The oil of joy instead of mourning,

The garment [expressive] of praise instead of a disheartened spirit.

So they will be called the trees of righteousness [strong and magnificent, distinguished for integrity, justice, and right standing with God],

The planting of the LORD, that He may be glorified.

O daughter of my people [says Jeremiah],

Clothe yourself in sackcloth and wallow in ashes;

Mourn [aloud] as for an only son,

A most bitter cry [of sorrow and regret],

For suddenly the destroyer will come upon us [on both prophet and people].

“Then the virgin will rejoice in the dance,

And the young men and old, together,

For I will turn their mourning into joy

And will comfort them and make them rejoice after their sorrow.

The joy of our hearts has ended;

Our dancing has been turned into mourning.

Therefore, thus says the LORD God of hosts, the Lord,

“There is wailing in all the public plazas,

And in all the streets they say, ‘Alas! Alas!’

And they call the farmers to mourning [for those who have died]

And professional mourners to wailing.

“And I shall turn your festivals and feasts into mourning

And all your songs into dirges (funeral poems to be sung);

And I shall cause sackcloth to be put on everyone’s [fn]loins

And baldness on every head [shaved for mourning].

And I shall make that time like a time of mourning for an only son [who has died],

And the end of it shall be like a bitter day.

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.