885. That crying is mentioned in the Word in reference to grief over and fear of falsities from hell, and so of being devastated by them, is apparent from the following passages:

...the former distresses shall be forgotten, and... hidden from My eyes... Then the sound of weeping shall not be heard in her, nor the sound of crying. (Isaiah 65:16, 19)

This, too, is said in reference to Jerusalem, as in the present instance in the book of Revelation.

They are dark upon the land, and the cry of Jerusalem has gone up. (Jeremiah 14:2ff.)

The reference here is to sorrow over falsities that are devastating the church.

(Jehovah) looked for judgment, but behold, scabies; for righteousness, but behold, a cry. (Isaiah 5:7)

The sound of the cry of the shepherds... For Jehovah is laying waste their pasture. (Jeremiah 25:36)

The sound of a cry from the Fish Gate..., (because) their goods shall become booty, and their houses a desolation. (Zephaniah 1:10, 13)

And so on elsewhere, as in Isaiah 14:31; 15:4-6, 8; 24:11; 30:19, Jeremiah 46:12, 17.

It should be known, however, that crying in the Word is mentioned in reference to every affection of the heart that bursts out. It is consequently the sound of lamentation, of imploring, of supplicating out of grief, of calling to witness, of indignation, of confession, even of exultation.