Jeremiah 9:17

Contemporary English Version 1995

The Lord All-Powerful said, “Make arrangements now for the women who are paid to weep at funerals, especially the women who can cry the loudest.”

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 12:5

You will be afraid to climb up a hill or walk down a road. Your hair will turn as white as almond blossoms. You will feel lifeless and drag along like an old grasshopper. We each go to our eternal home, and the streets here are filled with those who mourn.

2 Chronicles 35:25

Jeremiah the prophet wrote a funeral song in honor of Josiah. And since then, anyone in Judah who mourns the death of Josiah sings that song. It is included in the collection of funeral songs.

Mark 5:38

They went home with Jairus and saw the people crying and making a lot of noise.

Job 3:8

Let those with magic powers place a curse on that day.

Matthew 9:23

When Jesus went into the home of the official and saw the musicians and the crowd of mourners,

Jeremiah 7:29

Shave your head bald and throw away the hair. Sing a funeral song on top of a barren hill. You people have made me angry, and I have abandoned you.

Lamentations 2:5

The Lord was like an enemy! He left Israel in ruins with its palaces and fortresses destroyed, and with everyone in Judah moaning and weeping.

Ezekiel 27:2

Ezekiel, son of man, sing a funeral song for Tyre,

Ezekiel 32:16

This is your warning, and it will be used as a funeral song by foreign women to mourn the death of your people. I, the Lord God, have spoken.

Amos 5:1

Listen, nation of Israel, to my mournful message:

Micah 2:4

When that happens, this sorrowful song will be sung about you: “Ruined! Completely ruined! The Lord has taken our land and given it to traitors.”