After Joseph had buried his father, he returned to Egypt with his brothers and all who had gone with him for the funeral.

The Holiness of the Priests

The Lord commanded Moses to tell the Aaronite priests, “No priest is to make himself ritually unclean by taking part in the funeral ceremonies when a relative dies,

Abner Is Buried

Then David ordered Joab and his men to tear their clothes, wear sackcloth, and mourn for Abner. And at the funeral King David himself walked behind the coffin.

One time during a funeral, one of those bands was seen, and the people threw the corpse into Elisha's tomb and ran off. As soon as the body came into contact with Elisha's bones, the man came back to life and stood up.

I was reminded of what the prophet Amos had said to the people of Bethel, Your festivals will be turned into funerals, and your glad songs will become cries of grief.

Every bridegroom sang a funeral song, and every bride sat mourning in her room.

So the wedding was turned into a time of mourning and their joyful music into funeral songs.

Some of the people of Tyre, however, showed their disgust with this crime and their respect for these men by giving them a splendid funeral.

Jason had killed many people and left their bodies unburied, but now his own death was unmourned. He was not given a funeral or even buried with his ancestors.

thousands join the funeral procession, and even the earth lies gently on their bodies.

Sinful Deeds in Hinnom Valley

“Mourn, people of Jerusalem; cut off your hair and throw it away. Sing a funeral song on the hilltops, because I, the Lord, am angry and have rejected my people.

The People of Jerusalem Cry Out for Help

The Lord Almighty said, “Think about what is happening! Call for the mourners to come, for the women who sing funeral songs.”

The people said, “Tell them to hurry and sing a funeral song for us, until our eyes fill with tears, and our eyelids are wet from crying.”

I said, “Listen to the Lord, you women, and pay attention to his words. Teach your daughters how to mourn, and your friends how to sing a funeral song.

With the funeral honors of a donkey, he will be dragged away and thrown outside Jerusalem's gates.”

“So my heart mourns for Moab and for the people of Kir Heres, like someone playing a funeral song on a flute, because everything they owned is gone.

They will sing this funeral song for you: The famous city is destroyed! Her ships have been swept from the seas. The people of this city ruled the seas And terrified all who lived on the coast.

A Funeral Song for Tyre

The Lord said to me,

“Mortal man, sing a funeral song for Tyre,

They chant a funeral song for you: ‘Who can be compared to Tyre, To Tyre now silent in the sea?

This solemn warning will become a funeral song. The women of the nations will sing it to mourn for Egypt and all its people. I, the Sovereign Lord, have spoken.”

In those foreign lands they will not be able to make wine offerings to the Lord or bring their sacrifices to him. Their food will defile everyone who eats it, like food eaten at funerals. It will be used only to satisfy their hunger; none of it will be taken as an offering to the Lord's Temple.

A Call to Repentance

Listen, people of Israel, to this funeral song which I sing over you:

The dead man's relative, the one in charge of the funeral, will take the body out of the house. The relative will call to whoever is still left in the house, “Is anyone else there with you?” The person will answer, “No!” Then the relative will say, “Be quiet! We must be careful not even to mention the Lord's name.”

I will turn your festivals into funerals and change your glad songs into cries of grief. I will make you shave your heads and wear sackcloth, and you will be like parents mourning for their only child. That day will be bitter to the end.