Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
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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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.
Job 3:8 Let those who curse certain days
cast a spell on it,
those who are skilled in rousing Leviathan.
cast a spell
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;
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;
Amos 5:16
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.
they will cry out in anguish
The farmer will be called on to mourn,
and professional mourners
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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Ezekiel 27:2
“Now, son of man, lament for Tyre.
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.