Verse 17

Thus says Yahweh of Armies, Consider, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for the skillful women, that they may come:

Referenced Verses

• Eccl 12:5 : 5 yes, they shall be afraid of heights, and terrors will be in the way; and the almond tree shall blossom, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail; because man goes to his everlasting home, and the mourners go about the streets:
• 2 Chr 35:25 : 25 Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men and singing women spoke of Josiah in their lamentations to this day; and they made them an ordinance in Israel: and behold, they are written in the lamentations.
• Job 3:8 : 8 Let them curse it who curse the day, who are ready to rouse up leviathan.
• Amos 5:16-17 : 16 Therefore thus says Yahweh, the God of Armies, the Lord: "Wailing will be in all the broad ways; and they will say in all the streets, 'Alas! Alas!' and they will call the farmer to mourning, and those who are skillful in lamentation to wailing. 17 In all vineyards there will be wailing; for I will pass through the midst of you," says Yahweh.
• Matt 9:23 : 23 When Jesus came into the ruler's house, and saw the flute players, and the crowd in noisy disorder,
• Mark 5:38 : 38 He came to the synagogue ruler's house, and he saw an uproar, weeping, and great wailing.