Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Consider ye, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for cunning women, that they may come:
Mourning women - hired to heighten lamentation by plaintive cries, baring the breast, beating the arms, and suffering the locks to flow dishevelled (as in their mourning for Josiah, 2 Chronicles 35:25; Ecclesiastes 12:5; Matthew 9:23).
Cunning - skilled in wailing.