Jeremiah 9:17
Thus saith the Lord of hosts, Consider ye, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for cunning women, that they may come:
Cross-reference
Jeremiah 9:20 continues directly: women are to teach a lament, extending the instruction to summon mourners.
In Jeremiah 6:26, the same call for bitter mourning over imminent destruction echoes the summoning of professional mourners here.
In Jeremiah 48:17, a lament for Moab's fall parallels the call for mourners over Judah's disaster here.
2 Chronicles 35:25 shows Jeremiah himself composing a lament with singers, mirroring the professional mourners summoned here.
Amos 5:16 directly parallels this verse, calling for skilled mourners in the streets—almost identical language and context.
Matthew 9:23 shows flute players at a funeral, the NT equivalent of the professional mourners summoned here.
Mark 5:38 depicts weeping and wailing at Jairus's house, reflecting the same mourning customs as the summoned women.
Ezekiel 32:16 describes a lament chanted by women over Egypt's fall, echoing the call for professional mourners.
Ezekiel 19:1 also begins a lament, this time for Israel's princes, matching the lamentation theme here.
Ezekiel 27:2 commands a lament for Tyre, echoing the call for lament over Judah here.
Ezekiel 28:12 also commands a lament, but for the king of Tyre, similar in form to the mourning here.
Joel 1:8 calls for lament like a virgin for her husband, parallel to the summons of mourning women.
Micah 2:4 foretells a bitter taunt-lament over Israel's ruin, similar to the dirge of mourning women.