³⁸ and he cometh to the house of the chief of the synagogue, and seeth a tumult, much weeping and wailing;

¹⁷ Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: Consider ye, and call for mourning women, And they come, And to the wise women send, and they come,

¹⁸ And they hasten, and lift up for us a wailing. And run down our eyes do tears, And from our eyelids do waters flow.

¹⁹ For -- a voice of wailing is heard from Zion: How have we been spoiled! We have been greatly ashamed, Because we have forsaken the land, Because they have cast down our tabernacles.

²⁰ But hear, ye women, a word of Jehovah, And your ear receiveth a word of His mouth, And teach ye your daughters wailing, and each her neighbour lamentation.

²³ And Jesus having come to the house of the ruler, and having seen the minstrels and the multitude making tumult,

²⁴ he saith to them, `Withdraw, for the damsel did not die, but doth sleep,' and they were deriding him;

¹⁷ and saying, We piped unto you, and ye did not dance, we lamented to you, and ye did not smite the breast.

²² and lo, there doth come one of the chiefs of the synagogue, by name Jairus, and having seen him, he doth fall at his feet,

⁵² and they were all weeping, and beating themselves for her, and he said, `Weep not, she did not die, but doth sleep;

⁵³ and they were deriding him, knowing that she did die;

³⁹ And Peter having risen, went with them, whom having come, they brought into the upper chamber, and all the widows stood by him weeping, and shewing coats and garments, as many as Dorcas was making while she was with them.