Jeremiah 9:17
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17 Thus says the Lord of hosts:
(A)“Consider, and call for the mourning women to come;
send for the skillful women to come;
Ecclesiastes 12:5
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5 they are afraid also of what is high, and (A)terrors are in the way; the almond tree blossoms, the grasshopper drags itself along,[a] and desire fails, because man is going to his (B)eternal (C)home, and the (D)mourners go about the streets—
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- Ecclesiastes 12:5 Or is a burden
2 Chronicles 35:25
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25 (A)Jeremiah also uttered a lament for Josiah; and all (B)the singing men and singing women have spoken of Josiah in their laments to this day. They made these a rule in Israel; behold, they are written in the Laments.
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Amos 5:16-17
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16 Therefore thus says the Lord, (A)the God of hosts, the Lord:
“In all the squares (B)there shall be wailing,
and in all the streets they shall say, ‘Alas! Alas!’
They shall call the farmers to mourning
and (C)to wailing those who are skilled in lamentation,
17 and in all vineyards there shall be wailing,
for (D)I will pass through your midst,”
says the Lord.
Mark 5:38
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38 They came to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and Jesus[a] saw a commotion, people weeping and wailing loudly.
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- Mark 5:38 Greek he
Matthew 9:23
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23 And when Jesus came to the ruler's house and saw (A)the flute players and the crowd making a commotion,
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Job 3:8
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8 Let those curse it who curse the day,
who are ready to rouse up (A)Leviathan.
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