Jeremiah 9:17 (WEB)
The LORD of Armies says, “Consider, and call for the mourning women, that they may come. Send for the skillful women, that they may come.
Fathers and councils · 2
Gregory of Nyssa
““Call for the mourning women,” as says the prophet Jeremiah.” — editor's note: Jer. ix. 17.
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John Chrysostom
“…and tears and wailing; it is seasonable for us also to say now, “Call for the mourning women, and send for the cunning women, that they may cry aloud” ( Jer. ix. 17 ); perhaps thus we shall be able to cast out the malady of those who build splendid houses, of those who surround themselves with lands gotten by…” — the author cites it
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