2 Tawarikh 35:25

35:25 Jeremiah composed laments for Josiah which all the male and female singers use to mourn Josiah to this very day. It has become customary in Israel to sing these; they are recorded in the Book of Laments.

Ayub 3:8

3:8 Let those who curse the day¹ curse it² –

those who are prepared to rouse³ Leviathan.⁴

Pengkhotbah 12:5

12:5 and they are afraid of heights and the dangers⁵ in the street;

the almond blossoms⁶ grow white,⁷

and the grasshopper⁸ drags itself along,⁹

and the caper berry¹⁰ shrivels up¹¹ –

because man goes to his eternal home,¹²

and the mourners go about in the streets –

Amos 5:16-17

5:16 Because of Israel’s sins¹³ this is what the Lord, the God who commands armies, the sovereign One,¹⁴ says:

“In all the squares there will be wailing,

in all the streets they will mourn the dead.¹⁵

They will tell the field workers¹⁶ to lament

and the professional mourners¹⁷ to wail.

5:17 In all the vineyards there will be wailing,

for I will pass through¹⁸ your midst,” says the Lord.

Matius 9:23

9:23 When Jesus entered the ruler’s house and saw the flute players and the disorderly crowd,

Markus 5:38

5:38 They came to the house of the synagogue ruler where¹⁹ he saw noisy confusion and people weeping and wailing loudly.²⁰