Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men and the singing women spake of Josiah in their lamentations to this day, and made them an ordinance in Israel: and, behold, they are written in the lamentations.

And made them

General references

Bible References

Jeremiah

Jeremiah 22:10
Do not weep for the dead;
do not mourn for him.
Weep bitterly for the one who has gone away,
for he will never return again
and see his native land.
Lamentations 4:20
ר ReshThe Lord’s anointed, the breath of our life,
was captured in their traps.
We had said about him,
“We will live under his protection among the nations.”

All the singing

Job 3:8
Let those who curse certain days
cast a spell on it,
those who are skilled in rousing Leviathan.
Ecclesiastes 12:5
Also, they are afraid of heights and dangers on the road;
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 9:17
This is what the Lord of Hosts says:

Consider, and summon the women who mourn;
send for the skillful women.
Matthew 9:23
When Jesus came to the leader’s house, He saw the flute players and a crowd lamenting loudly.

And made them

Jeremiah 22:20
Go up to Lebanon and cry out;
raise your voice in Bashan;
cry out from Abarim,
for all your lovers have been crushed.

General references

Numbers 20:29
When the whole community saw that Aaron had passed away, the entire house of Israel mourned for him 30 days.
Ezekiel 32:16
“This is a lament that will be chanted; the women of the nations will chant it. They will chant it over Egypt and all its hordes.” This is the declaration of the Lord God.

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