Thematic Bible: Customs
Thematic Bible
Mourning » Customs » Hired mourners
Because of Israel's sins this is what the Lord, the God who commands armies, the sovereign One, says: "In all the squares there will be wailing, in all the streets they will mourn the dead. They will tell the field workers to lament and the professional mourners to wail.
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and they are afraid of heights and the dangers in the street; the almond blossoms grow white, and the grasshopper drags itself along, and the caper berry shrivels up -- because man goes to his eternal home, and the mourners go about in the streets --
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Jeremiah composed laments for Josiah which all the male and female singers use to mourn Josiah to this very day. It has become customary in Israel to sing these; they are recorded in the Book of Laments.
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The Lord who rules over all told me to say to this people, "Take note of what I say. Call for the women who mourn for the dead! Summon those who are the most skilled at it!"
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When Jesus entered the ruler's house and saw the flute players and the disorderly crowd,
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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