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 is left alone. And if mischief should happen to him by the way you go, then you shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.

And if you take this one also from me, and mischief befall him, you shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.

You shall rise up before the gray head and honor the face of the old man, and fear your God. I am Jehovah.

With us are both the gray-headed and aged, mightier than your father as to days.

And now when I am old and gray-headed, O God, do not leave me; until I have declared Your strength to this generation, and Your power to everyone who is to come.

The gray head is a crown of glory, if it is found in the way of righteousness.

The glory of young men is their strength; and the beauty of old men is the gray head.

even to old age I am He; and to gray hairs I will bear you. I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you.

And the Word of Jehovah came to me, saying, Jeremiah, what do you see? And I said, I see a rod of an almond tree.

Because

Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might; for there is no work, nor plan, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave where you go.

If I wait for the grave as my home, I have made my bed in the darkness;

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

For he sees wise men die; likewise the fool and the animal-like ones perish, and leave their wealth to others.

And as it is appointed to men once to die, but after this the judgment,

The mourners

And forty days were fulfilled for him, for so are fulfilled the days of those who are embalmed. And the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.

So says Jehovah of Hosts, Think carefully, and call for the wailers, that they may come. And send for the wise women, that they may come;

And He came to the synagogue ruler's and saw a tumult, and weeping and much wailing.

General references

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

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