Ecclesiastes 12:5

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail: because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets:

The almond

Because

Hebrews 9:27

The mourners

Genesis 50:3

Jeremiah 9:17

Mark 5:38

General references

Genesis 23:19

Zechariah 1:5

Bible References

The almond

And he said, My son shall not go down with you, for his brother is dead, and he only is left. If harm befalls him by the way in which ye go, then ye will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol.

And if ye take this one also from me, and harm befall him, ye will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol.

Thou shall rise up before the hoary head, and honor the face of the old man, and thou shall fear thy God. I am LORD.

With us are both the gray-headed and the very aged men, much older than thy father.

Yea, even when I am old and gray headed, O God, forsake me not, until I have declared thy strength to a generation, thy might to everyone who is to come.

The hoary head is a crown of glory. It shall be found in the way of righteousness.

The glory of young men is their strength, and the beauty of old men is the hoary head.

And even to old age I am he, and even to hoar hairs I will carry [you]. I have made, and I will bear, yea, I will carry, and will deliver.

Moreover the word of LORD came to me, saying, Jeremiah, what do thou see? And I said, I see a rod of an almond tree.

Because

Whatever thy hand finds to do, do with thy might, for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, where thou go.

If I look for Sheol as my house, if I have spread my couch in the darkness,

For I know that thou will bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.

For he shall see it. Wise men die. The fool and the brutish alike perish, and leave their wealth to others.

And inasmuch as it is reserved to men once to die, and after this, judgment,

The mourners

And forty days were fulfilled for him, for so are fulfilled the days of embalming. And the Egyptians wept for him seventy days.

Thus says LORD of hosts, Consider ye, and call for the mourning women, that they may come, and send for the skilful women, that they may come.

And he comes to the house of the synagogue ruler, and sees a commotion, much weeping and wailing.

General references

And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre (the same is Hebron), in the land of Canaan.

Your fathers, where are they? And the prophets, do they live forever?