Dictionary of Bible Themes The expression of grief at a time of bereavement or repentance, often accompanied by weeping, tearing of clothes and wearing sackcloth. Leviticus 21:1-4,10-11Regulations for the mourning of priests after bereavement Numbers 20:29Mourning of God's people after bereavement Israel for Aaron Deuteronomy 34:8Israel for Moses 2 Samuel 1:11-12See also David for Saul and Jonathan 2 Samuel 1:17-272 Samuel 18:33 David for Absalom Job 1:20-21Job for his children See also Genesis 37:34-35; 50:11Other examples 2 Samuel 13:31; 14:22 Chronicles 35:23-25 Matthew 2:18 John 11:31,33 Acts 8:2 Isaiah 15:2-3 Examples of heathen mourning after bereavement Jeremiah 47:5; 48:37Ezekiel 27:30-32 Exodus 33:4 Mourning as an expression of repentance Ezra 9:3-62 Samuel 13:9 Mourning because of misfortune Job 2:12-13Jeremiah 9:17-18 The employment of professional mourners Amos 5:16Matthew 9:23 pp Mk 5:39 pp Lk 8:52 Jeremiah 7:29Mourning spoken of metaphorically See also Isaiah 3:18-24Ezekiel 7:18 Joel 1:8 Amos 8:10 Micah 1:16 Joel 2:12-13 See also As a sign of repentance for sin Isaiah 22:12See also 5198 weeping5241 burial 5321 furnace 5795 bereavement 5900 laughter 5952 sorrow 6732 repentance 6744 sanctification 9020 death |
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