Mourning: Hired Mourners
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2351. thorubos -- an uproar
... Josephus ( ad 1st century) reports that hired flute players ... the flute became synonymous
with death (tragedy, mourning). [Professional mourners (generally women ...
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2 Chronicles 35:25
And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men and the singing women spoke of Josiah in their lamentations to this day, and made them an ordinance in Israel: and, behold, they are written in the lamentations.
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Ecclesiastes 12:5
Also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail: because man goes to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets:
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Jeremiah 9:17
Thus said the LORD of hosts, Consider you, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for cunning women, that they may come:
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Matthew 9:23
And when Jesus came into the ruler's house, and saw the minstrels and the people making a noise,
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