Jeremiah 16:6

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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:

The great

Revelation 20:12

They

Jeremiah 16:4

Jeremiah 22:18

Nor cut

Isaiah 22:12

General references

Leviticus 19:27

Ezekiel 24:22

Bible References

The great

Then you shall say to them, So says Jehovah, Behold, I will fill all the people of this land, even the kings that sit on David's throne, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the people of Jerusalem, with drunkenness.

And Jehovah will cut off from Israel head and tail, branch and rush, in one day.

And as it is with the people, so it shall be with the priest; as with the servant, so with the master; as with the handmaid, so it is with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the creditor, so with the debtor.

And He said to those in my hearing, Go over in the city after him, and strike. Let not your eye spare, nor have pity.

For, behold, Jehovah commands, and He will strike the great house into pieces, and the little house into cracks.

And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every freeman, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains.

And I saw the dead, the small and the great, stand before God. And books were opened, and another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.

They

They shall die from deaths of diseases; they shall not be mourned, nor shall they be buried. But they shall be as dung on the face of the earth. And they shall be destroyed by the sword and by famine; and their bodies shall be food for the birds of the heavens and for the beasts of the earth.

Therefore so says Jehovah concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, They shall not mourn for him, saying, Ah, my brother! or, Ah, sister! They shall not mourn for him, saying, Ah, lord! or, Ah, his glory!

Nor cut

Cut off your hair and throw it away, and take up a weeping on the high places. For Jehovah has rejected and forsaken the generation of His wrath.

some men from Shechem came from Shiloh, and from Samaria, even eighty men, with their beards shaved, and their clothes torn, and having cut themselves, with offerings and incense in their hand, to bring them to the house of Jehovah.

Baldness has come on Gaza. Ashkelon is cut off with the rest of their valley. How long will you cut yourself?

For every head shall be bald, and every beard clipped. On all the hands shall be cuttings, and on the loins sackcloth.

You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks on you. I am Jehovah.

You are the sons of Jehovah your God. You shall not cut yourselves nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.

And in that day Jehovah of Hosts called to weeping and mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth.

General references

You shall not round the side of your head, nor mar the edge of your beard.

And you shall do as I have done. You shall not cover your lips nor eat the bread of men.