The cry that passed through this mountain is a prayer of shame.
Weeping over things that are not subject to change is crying out for nothing. Whoever prays to prevent something that is already happening through his prayer is praying for nothing. 'Weeping over spilt milk' (see also: "Crying out for the past").
("Did he cry out that the mountain of this is a prayer of death, like a hunt? - His wife was pregnant and he said, "It is my wife's will that she should bear a son, the mountain of this is a prayer of death." He was on the road and heard the sound of a cry in the city and he said, "It is my wife's will that these should not be the sons of my house, the mountain of this is a prayer of death" - Blessings 9:3)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
הַצּוֹעֵק לְשֶׁעָבַר הֲרֵי זוֹ תְּפִלַּת שָׁוְא
Definition (Hebrew)
הַמְּבַכֶּה עַל דְּבָרִים שֶׁכְּבָר לֹא נִתָּן לְשַׁנּוֹתָם זוֹעֵק לַשָּׁוְא. מִי שֶׁמִּתְפַּלֵּל לִמְנִיעַת דָּבָר שֶׁכְּבָר קָרָה בְּפֹעַל תְּפִלָּתוֹ תְּפִלַּת שָׁוְא.'בּוֹכֶה עַל חָלָב שֶׁנִּשְׁפַּךְ' (רְאֵה גַּם:"צוֹעֵק לְשֶׁעָבַר").
("הַצּוֹעֵק לְשֶׁעָבַר הֲרֵי זוֹ תְּפִלַּת שָׁוְא, כֵּיצַד?- הָיְתָה אִשְׁתּוֹ מְעֻבֶּרֶת וְאָמַר יְהִי רָצוֹן שֶׁתֵּלֵד אִשְׁתִּי זָכָר הֲרֵי זוֹ תְּפִלַּת שָׁוְא. הָיָה בָּא בַּדֶּרֶךְ וְשָׁמַע קוֹל צְוָחָה בָּעִיר וְאָמַר יְהִי רָצוֹן שֶׁלֹּא יִהְיוּ אֵלּוּ בְּנֵי בֵיתִי- הֲרֵי זוֹ תְּפִלַּת שָׁוְא"- בְּרָכוֹת ט ג)