Ezekiel 7:18

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Summary

They shall also gird themselves with sackcloth, and horror shall cover them; and shame shall be upon all faces, and baldness upon all their heads.

Shall also

And horror

General references

Leviticus 19:27

Bible References

Shall also

It shall happen that instead of sweet spices, there shall be rottenness; instead of a belt, a rope; instead of well set hair, baldness; instead of a robe, a wearing of sackcloth; and branding instead of beauty.

They have gone up to Bayith, and to Dibon, to the high places, to weep. Moab wails over Nebo and over Medeba. Baldness is on all of their heads. Every beard is cut off.

For every head is bald, and every beard clipped: on all the hands are cuttings, and on the waist sackcloth.

I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will make you wear sackcloth on all your bodies, and baldness on every head. I will make it like the mourning for an only son, and its end like a bitter day.

And horror

When the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell on Abram. Now terror and great darkness fell on him.

When I remember, I am troubled. Horror takes hold of my flesh.

Let them be disappointed and confounded together who rejoice at my calamity. Let them be clothed with shame and dishonor who magnify themselves against me.

My heart is severely pained within me. The terrors of death have fallen on me.

Let us lie down in our shame, and let our confusion cover us; for we have sinned against Yahweh our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even to this day. We have not obeyed the voice of Yahweh our God."

The kings of the earth, the princes, the commanding officers, the rich, the strong, and every slave and free person, hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains.

General references

"'You shall not cut the hair on the sides of your heads, neither shall you clip off the edge of your beard.