Jeremiah 9:17

New International Version

This is what the Lord Almighty says: “Consider now! Call for the wailing women to come; send for the most skillful of them.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 35:25

Jeremiah composed laments for Josiah, and to this day all the male and female singers commemorate Josiah in the laments. These became a tradition in Israel and are written in the Laments.

Job 3:8

May those who curse days curse that day, those who are ready to rouse Leviathan.

Ecclesiastes 12:5

when people are afraid of heights and of dangers in the streets; when the almond tree blossoms and the grasshopper drags itself along and desire no longer is stirred. Then people go to their eternal home and mourners go about the streets.

Jeremiah 7:29

“ ‘Cut off your hair and throw it away; take up a lament on the barren heights, for the Lord has rejected and abandoned this generation that is under his wrath.

Lamentations 2:5

The Lord is like an enemy; he has swallowed up Israel. He has swallowed up all her palaces and destroyed her strongholds. He has multiplied mourning and lamentation for Daughter Judah.

Ezekiel 27:2

“Son of man, take up a lament concerning Tyre.

Ezekiel 32:16

“This is the lament they will chant for her. The daughters of the nations will chant it; for Egypt and all her hordes they will chant it, declares the Sovereign Lord.”

Amos 5:1

Hear this word, Israel, this lament I take up concerning you:

Micah 2:4

In that day people will ridicule you; they will taunt you with this mournful song: ‘We are utterly ruined; my people’s possession is divided up. He takes it from me! He assigns our fields to traitors.’ ”

Matthew 9:23

When Jesus entered the synagogue leader’s house and saw the noisy crowd and people playing pipes,

Mark 5:38

When they came to the home of the synagogue leader, Jesus saw a commotion, with people crying and wailing loudly.