Thematic Bible: Customs
Thematic Bible
Mourning » Customs » Hired mourners
Therefore Yahweh, the God of Hosts, the Lord, says:
There will be wailing in all the public squares;
they will cry out in anguish in all the streets.
The farmer will be called on to mourn,
and professional mourners to wail.
they will cry out in anguish
The farmer will be called on to mourn,
and professional mourners
the almond tree blossoms,
the grasshopper loses its spring,
and the caper berry has no effect;
for man is headed to his eternal home,
and mourners will walk around in the street;
Jeremiah chanted a dirge over Josiah, and all the singing men and singing women still speak of Josiah in their dirges to this very day. They established them as a statute for Israel, and indeed they are written in the Dirges.
This is what the Lord of Hosts says:
Consider, and summon the women who mourn;
send for the skillful women.
send for the skillful women.
When Jesus came to the leader’s house, He saw the flute players and a crowd lamenting loudly.
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