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 shalt thou say unto them, 'Thus sayeth the LORD: Behold, I shall fill all the inhabiters of this land with drunkenness, the kings that sit upon David's stool, the Priests and Prophets, with all that dwell at Jerusalem.

Therefore the LORD shall root out of Israel both head and tail, branch and twig in one day.

Then shall the priest be as the people, the master as the servant, the dame like the maid, the seller like the buyer, he that lendeth upon usury, like him that borroweth upon usury, the creditor as the debtor.

And to the other, he said that I might hear, "Go ye after him through the city: slay, oversee none, spare none,

Behold, the LORD is minded to smite the great houses, so that they shall decay: and the little houses, that they shall cleave asunder.

And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in dens, and in rocks of the hills,

And I saw the dead, both great and small, stand before God: And the books were opened, and another book was opened, which is the book of life, and the dead were judged of those things which were written in the books according to their deeds.

They

They shall die a horrible death: and no man shall mourn for them, nor bury them, but they shall lie as dung upon the earth. They shall perish through the sword, and hunger, and their bodies shall be meat for the fowls of the air, and beasts of the earth.

And therefore, thus sayeth the LORD against Jehoiakim, the son of Josiah king of Judah, "They shall not mourn for him as they used to do, 'Alas brother, alas sister.' Neither shall they say unto him, 'Alas sir, alas for that noble prince.'

Nor cut

Wherefore cut off thine hair, and cast it away; take up a complaint in the whole land, for the LORD shall cast away and scatter the people, that he is displeased withal.'

there came certain men from Shechem, from Shiloh and Samaria, to the number of eighty, which had shaven their beards, rent their clothes, and were all heavy, bringing meat offerings, and incense in their hands, to offer it in the house of the LORD.

Baldness is come upon Gaza. Ashkelon with her other valleys shall keep her peace. How long wilt thou slay,

All heads shall be shaven, and all beards clipped off: all hands bound, and all loins girded about with sack cloth.

Ye shall not rent your flesh for any soul's sake, nor print any marks upon you: I am the LORD.

Ye are the children of the LORD your God; cut not yourselves nor make you any baldness between the eyes for any man's death.

And at the same time shall the LORD of Hosts call men to weeping, mourning, to baldness and a putting on of sackcloth.

General references

Ye shall not round the locks of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the tufts of thy beard.

Like as I have done, so shall ye do also: Ye shall not hide your faces, ye shall eat no mourner's bread;