25 Jeremiah also (A)lamented for (B)Josiah. And to this day (C)all the singing men and the singing women speak of Josiah in their lamentations. (D)They made it a custom in Israel; and indeed they are written in the Laments.

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May those curse it who curse the day,
Those (A)who are ready to arouse Leviathan.

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Also they are afraid of height,
And of terrors in the way;
When the almond tree blossoms,
The grasshopper is a burden,
And desire fails.
For man goes to (A)his eternal home,
And (B)the mourners go about the streets.

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The Day of the Lord

16 Therefore the Lord God of hosts, the Lord, says this:

There shall be wailing in all streets,
And they shall say in all the highways,
‘Alas! Alas!’
They shall call the farmer to mourning,
(A)And skillful lamenters to wailing.

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23 (A)When Jesus came into the ruler’s house, and saw (B)the flute players and the noisy crowd wailing,

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