Jeremiah 9:17

The Passion Translation

Yahweh, Commander of Angel Armies, says: “Look around you and discern. Summon the wailing women. Call for those most skilled at mourning.

Cross References

Jeremiah 7:29

“People of Jerusalem, cut off your long hair and throw it away, and raise your song of mourning on the hilltops, for Yahweh has rejected and abandoned the generation of his fury.

Lamentations 2:5

The Lord became our enemy; he destroyed Israel. He devastated all her palaces and ruined her strongholds. He has multiplied weeping and wailing for Daughter Judah.

Ezekiel 27:2

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

Ezekiel 32:16

“ ‘This is the funeral song that people will sing in mourning for Egypt. Women of other nations will sing in lament for it. They will utter a lamentation for the land of Egypt and all its many people. I, Lord Yahweh, decree it!’ ”

Matthew 9:23

When Jesus finally entered the home of the Jewish leader, he saw a noisy crowd of mourners, wailing and playing a funeral dirge on their flutes.

Mark 5:38

When they arrived at the home of the synagogue ruler, they encountered a noisy uproar among the people, for they were all weeping and wailing.