Jeremiah 9:17
Thus says the Lord of hosts,
Send for the wailing women to come.
2 Chronicles 35:25
Then Jeremiah sung a lament (funeral song) for Josiah, and all the male and female singers have spoken about Josiah in their laments to this day. They made the songs an ordinance in Israel; behold, they are written in the Lamentations.
Ecclesiastes 12:5
Furthermore, they are afraid of a high place and of dangers on the road; the almond tree (hair) blossoms [white], and the grasshopper (a little thing) is a burden, and the
Job 3:8
“Let those curse it
Who are skilled in rousing up Leviathan.
Amos 5:16-17
Therefore, thus says the Lord God of hosts, the Lord,
And in all the streets they say, ‘Alas! Alas!’
And they call the farmers to mourning [for those who have died]
And professional mourners to wailing.
Matthew 9:23
When Jesus came to the ruler’s house, and saw the flute players [who were professional, hired mourners] and the [grieving] crowd making an uproar,
Mark 5:38
They came to the house of the synagogue official; and He looked [with understanding] at the uproar and commotion, and people loudly weeping and wailing [in mourning].
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“Let those curse it
Who are skilled in rousing up Leviathan.
And in all the streets they say, ‘Alas! Alas!’
And they call the farmers to mourning [for those who have died]
And professional mourners to wailing.