Thussaysthe LORDof hosts,"Considerand callfor the mourningwomen,that they may come;And sendfor the wailingwomen,that they may come!
Then Jeremiahchanteda lamentfor Josiah.And allthe male and female singersspeakaboutJosiahin their lamentationsto this day.And they madethem an ordinancein Israel;behold,they are also writtenin the Lamentations.
"Let those curseit who cursethe day,Who are preparedto rouseLeviathan.
Furthermore,men are afraidof a highplace and of terrorson the road;the almondtreeblossoms,the grasshopperdragshimself along, and the caperberryis ineffective.For mangoesto his eternalhomewhile mournersgoaboutin the street.
Cutoffyour hairand cast[it] away,And takeup a lamentationon the bareheights;For the LORDhas rejectedand forsakenThe generationof His wrath.'
The Lordhas becomelike an enemy.He has swallowedup Israel;He has swallowedup allits palaces,He has destroyedits strongholdsAnd multipliedin the daughterof JudahMourningand moaning.
"And you, sonof man,takeup a lamentationoverTyre;
"Thisis a lamentationand they shall chantit. The daughtersof the nationsshall chantit. OverEgyptand overallher hordesthey shall chantit," declaresthe LordGOD.
HearthiswordwhichI takeup for you as a dirge,O houseof Israel:
"On that daythey will takeup againstyou a tauntAnd uttera bitterlamentation[and] say,'We are completelydestroyed!He exchangesthe portionof my people;HowHe removesit from me! To the apostateHe apportionsour fields.'
When Jesuscameinto the official'shouse,and sawthe flute-playersand the crowdin noisy disorder,
They cameto the houseof the synagogue official;and He sawa commotion,and [people] loudlyweepingand wailing.
