Jeremiah 9:17

New English Translation

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!”

Cross References

2 Chronicles 35:25

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.

Job 3:8

Let those who curse the day curse it – those who are prepared to rouse Leviathan.

Ecclesiastes 12:5

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 –

Jeremiah 7:29

So, mourn, you people of this nation. Cut off your hair and throw it away. Sing a song of mourning on the hilltops. For the Lord has decided to reject and forsake this generation that has provoked his wrath!’”

Lamentations 2:5

The Lord, like an enemy, destroyed Israel. He destroyed all her palaces; he ruined her fortified cities. He made everyone in Daughter Judah mourn and lament. ו (Vav)

Ezekiel 27:2

“You, son of man, sing a lament for Tyre.

Ezekiel 32:16

This is a lament; they will chant it. The daughters of the nations will chant it. They will chant it over Egypt and over all her hordes, declares the sovereign Lord.”

Amos 5:1

Listen to this funeral song I am ready to sing about you, family of Israel:

Micah 2:4

In that day people will sing this taunt song to you – they will mock you with this lament: ‘We are completely destroyed; they sell off the property of my people. How they remove it from me! They assign our fields to the conqueror.’

Matthew 9:23

When Jesus entered the ruler’s house and saw the flute players and the disorderly crowd,

Mark 5:38

They came to the house of the synagogue ruler where he saw noisy confusion and people weeping and wailing loudly.