Jeremiah 9:17
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The People Mourn in Judgment
17 Thus says the Lord of hosts:
Consider and call for the mourning women to come;
send for the skilled women to come;(A)
Amos 5:16-17
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16 Therefore thus says the Lord, the God of hosts, the Lord:
In all the squares there shall be wailing,
and in all the streets they shall say, “Alas! Alas!”
They shall call the farmers to mourning
and those skilled in lamentation to wailing;(A)
17 in all the vineyards there shall be wailing,
for I will pass through the midst of you,
says the Lord.(B)
Ecclesiastes 12:5
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5 when one is afraid of heights, and terrors are in the road; the almond tree blossoms, the grasshopper drags itself along,[a] and the caper bud falls; because all must go to their eternal home, and the mourners will go about the streets;(A)
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- 12.5 Or is a burden
2 Chronicles 35:25
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25 Jeremiah also uttered a lament for Josiah, and all the singing men and singing women have spoken of Josiah in their laments to this day. They made these a custom in Israel; they are recorded in the Laments.(A)
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Mark 5:38
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38 When they came to the synagogue leader’s house, he saw a commotion, people weeping and wailing loudly.
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Matthew 9:23
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23 When Jesus came to the leader’s house and saw the flute players and the crowd making a commotion,(A)
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Job 3:8
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- 3.8 Cn: Heb day
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