Ezekiel 32:16

This is the lamentation wherewith they shall lament her, the daughters of the nations, who were usually the professional or principal mourners, shall lament her; they shall lament for her, even for Egypt, and for all her multitude, saith the Lord God. The punishments of the Lord, also in our days, have one chief purpose, namely, that of bringing men to the realization of His holiness and righteousness and of their own sin, for with this much done by way of preparing the heart in true repentance, the path is opened for the understanding of the grace and mercy of God in Christ Jesus, the Savior.