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Selected Verse: Jeremiah 16:6 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Jer 16:6 |
Strong Concordance |
Both the great [01419] and the small [06996] shall die [04191] in this land [0776]: they shall not be buried [06912], neither shall men lament [05594] for them, nor cut [01413] themselves, nor make themselves bald [07139] for them: |
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King James |
Both the great and the small shall die in this land: they shall not be buried, neither shall men lament for them, nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them: |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
cut themselves--indicating extravagant grief (Jer 41:5; Jer 47:5), prohibited by the law (Lev 19:28).
bald-- (Jer 7:29; Isa 22:12). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| Cut themselves ... make themselves bald - Both these practices were strictly forbidden in the Law (marginal references) probably as being pagan customs, but they seem to have remained in common use. By "making bald" is meant shaving a bare patch on the front of the head. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Nor cut - Cutting themselves and cutting off their hair, were Pagan customs, which God forbad his own people; but yet it seemed they practised them: but saith God, Men shall die so fast that they shall have no leisure to cut themselves. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Nor cut themselves - A custom of the heathen forbidden to the Jews, Lev 19:28; Deu 14:1, and which appears now to have prevailed among them; because, having become idolaters, they conformed to all the customs of the heathen. They tore their hair, rent their garments, cut their hands, arms, and faces. These were not only signs of sorrow but were even supposed to give ease to the dead, and appease the angry deities. The Hindoos, on the death of a relation, express their grief by loud lamentations, and not unfrequently bruise themselves in an agony of grief with whatever they can lay hold on. |
12 And in that day [03117] did the Lord [0136] GOD [03069] of hosts [06635] call [07121] to weeping [01065], and to mourning [04553], and to baldness [07144], and to girding [02296] with sackcloth [08242]:
29 Cut off [01494] thine hair [05145], O Jerusalem, and cast it away [07993], and take up [05375] a lamentation [07015] on high places [08205]; for the LORD [03068] hath rejected [03988] and forsaken [05203] the generation [01755] of his wrath [05678].
28 Ye shall not make [05414] any [03793] cuttings [08296] in your flesh [01320] for the dead [05315], nor print [05414] any marks [07085] upon you: I am the LORD [03068].
5 Baldness [07144] is come [0935] upon Gaza [05804]; Ashkelon [0831] is cut off [01820] with the remnant [07611] of their valley [06010]: how long wilt thou cut [01413] thyself?
5 That there came [0935] certain [0582] from Shechem [07927], from Shiloh [07887], and from Samaria [08111], even fourscore [08084] men [0376], having their beards [02206] shaven [01548], and their clothes [0899] rent [07167], and having cut [01413] themselves, with offerings [04503] and incense [03828] in their hand [03027], to bring [0935] them to the house [01004] of the LORD [03068].
1 Ye are the children [01121] of the LORD [03068] your God [0430]: ye shall not cut [01413] yourselves, nor make [07760] any baldness [07144] between your eyes [05869] for the dead [04191].
28 Ye shall not make [05414] any [03793] cuttings [08296] in your flesh [01320] for the dead [05315], nor print [05414] any marks [07085] upon you: I am the LORD [03068].