Jeremiah 9:17

God's Word

This is what the Lord of Armies says: Consider this: Call for the women who cry at funerals. Send for those who are the most skilled.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 35:25

Jeremiah sang a funeral song about Josiah. All the male and female singers still sing funeral songs about Josiah today. This became a tradition in Israel. They are written in ⌞the Book of⌟ the Funeral Songs.

Job 3:8

Let those who curse the day (those who know how to wake up Leviathan) curse that night.

Ecclesiastes 12:5

Remember your Creator when someone is afraid of heights and of dangers along the road, the almond tree blossoms, the grasshopper drags itself along, ⌞and⌟ the caper bush has ⌞no⌟ fruit. Mortals go to their eternal rest, and mourners go out in the streets.

Jeremiah 7:29

“Cut off your hair and throw it away. Sing a song of mourning on the bare hills, because in his anger the Lord has rejected and abandoned the people of this generation.

Lamentations 2:5

The Lord became an enemy. He swallowed up Israel. He swallowed up all of its palaces. He destroyed its strongholds. He made the people of Judah mourn and moan.

Ezekiel 27:2

“Son of man, sing a funeral song about Tyre.

Ezekiel 32:16

“This is a funeral song. The people from the nations will sing this song. They will sing it as they mourn for Egypt and its many people,” declares the Almighty Lord.

Amos 5:1

Listen to this message, this funeral song that I sing about you, nation of Israel:

Micah 2:4

When that day comes, people will make fun of you. They will sing this sad song about you: “We are completely ruined. The Lord gives our people’s possessions ⌞to others⌟. He takes them from us. He divides our fields among our captors.”

Matthew 9:23

Jesus came to the ⌞synagogue⌟ leader’s house. He saw flute players and a noisy crowd.

Mark 5:38

When they came to the home of the synagogue leader, Jesus saw a noisy crowd there. People were crying and sobbing loudly.