Jeremiah 9:17

Easy To Read Version

This is what the Lord All-Powerful says:\par “Now, think about these things!\par Call for the women that get paid\par to cry at funerals.\par Send for the people that are good\par at that job.\par

Cross References

2 Chronicles 35:25

Jeremiah wrote and sang some funeral songs for Josiah. And the men and women singers still sing those sad songs today. It became something the people of Israel always do—they sing a sad song for Josiah. Those songs are written in the book, Funeral Songs.

Job 3:8

Some magicians are always wanting\par to wake Leviathan. {\cf2\super [9]} \par So let them say their curses,\par and curse the day I was born.\par

Ecclesiastes 12:5

You will be afraid of high places. You will be afraid of tripping over every small thing in your path. Your hair will become white like the flowers on an almond tree. You will drag yourself along like a grasshopper when you walk. You will lose your desire \{to live\}. {\cf2\super [45]} And then you will go to your eternal home (the grave). The mourners {\cf2\super [46]} will gather in the streets \{as they carry your body to the grave\}.

Lamentations 2:5

The Lord has become like an enemy.\par He has swallowed up Israel.\par He has swallowed up all her palaces.\par He has swallowed up all her fortresses.\par He has made much sadness\par and crying for the dead\par in the Daughter of Judah. {\cf2\super [12]} \par

Ezekiel 27:2

“Son of man, {\cf2\super [217]} sing this sad song about Tyre.

Ezekiel 32:16

“This is a sad song that people will sing for Egypt. The daughters (cities) in other nations will sing this sad song about Egypt. They will sing it as a sad song about Egypt and all its people.” The Lord my Master said those things!

Amos 5:1

People of Israel, listen to this song. This funeral song is about you.

Micah 2:4

Then people will sing songs about you.\par People will sing this sad song:\par ‘We are ruined!\par The Lord took away our land.\par And gave it to other people.\par Yes, he took my land away from me.\par The Lord has divided our fields\par \{among our enemies\}.\par

Matthew 9:23

Jesus continued going with the Jewish leader and went into the leader’s house. Jesus saw people there that make music for funerals. And he saw many people there upset \{because the girl died\}.

Mark 5:38

Jesus and these followers went to the house of Jairus, the synagogue {\cf2\super [59]} leader. Jesus saw many people there crying loudly. There was much confusion.