Introduction -- Chapter 1: The Mourning Cry -- I. The Problem and the Approach -- II. The Mourning Cry in Various Literatures -- III. The Hôy of Mourning in Relation to Vocative Hôy and to 'ôy -- IV. Hoy in the Mourning-Vengeance Pattern -- V. "Reversal of Imagery" -- Chapter 2: Exegetical Study of Hôy-Pericopes -- I. The Approach -- II. Amos 518-20 61-7 -- III. Isaiah: First Series of Woes -- IV. Isaiah: The Remaining Woes -- V. The Isaianic Woes: Preliminary Conclusions -- VI. Micah 2 1-5 -- VII. Habakkuk 2 6-19 -- VIII. The Remaining Woes -- Chapter 3: The Place and Function of Hôy in Prophecy -- I. Characterization of Hôy -- II. Sketch of a History of Hôy in Prophecy -- III. The Mourning Motif Within the Day of Yahweh -- IV. Hôy Beyond Isaiah.