Jeremiah 9:17

This is what the Lord of Hosts says:

Consider, and summon the women who mourn;
send for the skillful women.

2 Chronicles 35:25

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.

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;

Job 3:8

Let those who curse certain days
cast a spell on it,
those who are skilled in rousing Leviathan.

Amos 5:16-17

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.

Matthew 9:23

When Jesus came to the leader’s house, He saw the flute players and a crowd lamenting loudly.

Mark 5:38

They came to the leader’s house, and He saw a commotion—people weeping and wailing loudly.

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Jeremiah 9:17

Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Consider ye, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for cunning women, that they may come:

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General references

Ezekiel 27:2

Ezekiel 32:16

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Let those who curse certain days
cast a spell on it,
those who are skilled in rousing Leviathan.

to wail.

When Jesus came to the leader’s house, He saw the flute players and a crowd lamenting loudly.

They came to the leader’s house, and He saw a commotion—people weeping and wailing loudly.

General references

“Now, son of man, lament for Tyre.

“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.