<p class="poetry">This is a lament; they will chant it.p> <p class="poetry">The daughters of the nations will chant it.p> <p class="poetry">They will chant it over Egypt and over all her hordes,p> <p class="poetry">declares the sovereign <sc>Lordsc>.&#8221;p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">Then David chanted this lament over Saul and his son Jonathan.

The king chanted the following lament for Abner:p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Should Abner have died like a fool?p>

<p class="poetry">As they wail they will lament over you, chanting:p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Who was like Tyre, like a tower<n id="1" /> in the midst of the sea?&#8221;p>

<p class="bodytext">The <sc>Lordsc> who rules over all<n id="1" /> told me to say to this people,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Take note of what I say.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">Call for the women who mourn for the dead!p> <p class="poetry">Summon those who are the most skilled at it!&#8221;<n id="4" />p>

Jeremiah composed laments for Josiah which all the male and female singers use to mourn Josiah to this very day. It has become customary in Israel to sing these; they are recorded in the Book of Laments.p>