2 Chronicles 35:25

25 aJeremiah also uttered a lament for Josiah; and all bthe 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.

Jeremiah 9:17-18

17 Thus says the Lord of hosts:
cConsider, and call for the mourning women to come;
send for the skillful women to come;
18let them make haste dand raise a wailing over us,
ethat our eyes may run down with tears
and our eyelids flow with water.

Amos 5:16

16Therefore thus says the Lord, fthe God of hosts, the Lord:

“In all the squares gthere shall be wailing,
and in all the streets they shall say, ‘Alas! Alas!’
They shall call the farmers to mourning
and hto wailing those who are skilled in lamentation,

Matthew 11:17

17 “‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance;
we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.’

Mark 5:38

38They came to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and Jesus
Greek he
saw a commotion, people weeping and wailing loudly.
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