Jeremiah 9:17
New Living Translation
Weeping in Jerusalem
17 This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says:
“Consider all this, and call for the mourners.
Send for the women who mourn at funerals.
Amos 5:16-17
New Living Translation
16 Therefore, this is what the Lord, the Lord God of Heaven’s Armies, says:
“There will be crying in all the public squares
and mourning in every street.
Call for the farmers to weep with you,
and summon professional mourners to wail.
17 There will be wailing in every vineyard,
for I will destroy them all,”
says the Lord.
Ecclesiastes 12:5
New Living Translation
5 Remember him before you become fearful of falling and worry about danger in the streets; before your hair turns white like an almond tree in bloom, and you drag along without energy like a dying grasshopper, and the caperberry no longer inspires sexual desire. Remember him before you near the grave, your everlasting home, when the mourners will weep at your funeral.
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2 Chronicles 35:25
New Living Translation
25 The prophet Jeremiah composed funeral songs for Josiah, and to this day choirs still sing these sad songs about his death. These songs of sorrow have become a tradition and are recorded in The Book of Laments.
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Mark 5:38
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38 When they came to the home of the synagogue leader, Jesus saw much commotion and weeping and wailing.
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Matthew 9:23
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23 When Jesus arrived at the official’s home, he saw the noisy crowd and heard the funeral music.
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Job 3:8
New Living Translation
8 Let those who are experts at cursing—
whose cursing could rouse Leviathan[a]—
curse that day.
Footnotes
- 3:8 The identification of Leviathan is disputed, ranging from an earthly creature to a mythical sea monster in ancient literature.
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