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, neither bemoan him; but weep bitterly for him who goes away; for he shall return no more, nor see his native country."
Lamentations 4:20
The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the LORD, was taken in their pits; of whom we said, "Under his shadow we can live among the nations."

All the singing

Job 3:8
Let them curse it who curse the day, who are ready to rouse up leviathan.
Ecclesiastes 12:5
Also, they are afraid of heights, and of terrors in the way; and the almond tree blossoms, and the grasshopper is burdened, and the caper bush fails; because man goes to his eternal home, and the mourners go about the streets:
Jeremiah 9:17
Thus says the LORD of hosts, "Consider, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for the skillful women, that they may come:"
Matthew 9:23
And when Jesus came into the ruler's house, and saw the flute players, and the crowd in noisy disorder,

And made them

Jeremiah 22:20
Go up to Lebanon, and cry; and lift up your voice in Bashan, and cry from Abarim; for all your lovers are destroyed.

General references

Numbers 20:29
When all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they wept for Aaron thirty days, even all the house of Israel.
Ezekiel 32:16
This is the lamentation with which they shall lament; the daughters of the nations shall lament therewith; over Egypt, and over all her multitude, shall they lament therewith,' says the Lord GOD."