Lament See also Cry; Mourning; Wail; Weep yearly to lament the daughter of Jephthah, Judg. 11:40. her gates shall lament and mourn, Isa. 3:26 (2 Ne. 13:26). gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl, Jer. 4:8. Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth, Joel 1:8. have mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented, Matt. 11:17. women … bewailed and lamented him, Luke 23:27. ye shall weep and lament, John 16:20. lament for her, when they shall see the smoke, Rev. 18:9. they did cease lamenting … for the loss of their kindred, 3 Ne. 10:2. shall they lament because they persecuted their king, D&C 45:53.