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Lamentation

Lamentation (Heb. qinah), an elegy or dirge. The first example of this form of poetry is the lament of David over Saul and Jonathan (2Sam 1:17-27). It was a frequent accompaniment of mourning (Amos 8:10). In 2...

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Lamentation (Heb. qinah), an elegy or dirge. The first example of this form of poetry is the lament of David over Saul and Jonathan (2Sam 1:17-27). It was a frequent accompaniment of mourning (Amos 8:10). In 2Sam 3:33, 34 is recorded David's lament over Abner. Prophecy sometimes took the form of a lament when it predicted calamity (Ezek 27:2, 32; 28:12; 32:2, 16).

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