Thematic Bible: Customs
Thematic Bible
Mourning » Customs » Hired mourners
Therefore, thus says the Lord God of hosts, the Lord,
“There is wailing in all the public plazas,
And in all the streets they say, ‘Alas! Alas!’
And they call the farmers to mourning [for those who have died]
And professional mourners to wailing.
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And in all the streets they say, ‘Alas! Alas!’
And they call the farmers to mourning [for those who have died]
And professional mourners to wailing.
Furthermore, they are afraid of a high place and of dangers on the road; the almond tree (hair) blossoms [white], and the grasshopper (a little thing) is a burden, and the caperberry (desire, appetite) fails. For man goes to his eternal home and the mourners go about the streets and market places.
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Then Jeremiah sung a lament (funeral song) for Josiah, and all the male and female singers have spoken about Josiah in their laments to this day. They made the songs an ordinance in Israel; behold, they are written in the Lamentations.
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Thus says the Lord of hosts,
“Consider and call for the mourning women to come;
Send for the wailing women to come.
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Send for the wailing women to come.
When Jesus came to the ruler’s house, and saw the flute players [who were professional, hired mourners] and the [grieving] crowd making an uproar,
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Related Topics
- Acrophobia
- Almond Trees
- Being A Woman Of God
- Bereavement, Expression Of
- Books
- City Squares
- Condition Of The Spirit
- Disadvantages Of Crowds
- Disorder Among People
- Farmers
- Fear Will Come
- Feebleness
- Funerals