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
Nor cut
General references
Bible References
The great
Jeremiah 13:13
Say to them: Jehovah says I am about to fill all the inhabitants of this land, the kings that sit for David on his throne, the priests, the prophets and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with drunkenness!
Isaiah 9:14
So Jehovah will cut off from Israel head and tail, palm branch and reed (rush) in one day.
Isaiah 24:2
The people will be like the one officiating, the servant like his master, the maid like her mistress, the buyer like the seller, the lender like the borrower, the creditor like the debtor.
Ezekiel 9:5
I heard God say to the other men: Follow him through the city and kill. Spare no one! Have mercy on no one.
Amos 6:11
For, behold, Jehovah commanded, and the great house will be struck to pieces and the little house to tiny bits.
Revelation 6:15
The kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the military commanders, and the mighty men, and every slave and every free man, hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains.
Revelation 20:12
I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God. The books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged according to the things written in the books, according to their works.
They
Jeremiah 16:4
They will die of lethal diseases. They will not be mourned or buried. They will be as dung on the surface of the ground and die by sword and famine (war and starvation). Their carcasses will become food for the birds of the sky and for the animals of the earth.
Jeremiah 22:18
Therefore Jehovah tells us about Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah: They will not cry for him: 'Alas, my brother!' And, 'Alas, sister!' They will not mourn him: 'Alas for the master!' And, Alas for his splendor!
Nor cut
Jeremiah 7:29
Cut off your hair and cast it away. Take up a cry of sorrow and grief on the bare heights. Jehovah has rejected and forsaken the generation of his wrath.'
Jeremiah 41:5
Eighty men arrived from Shechem, Shiloh, and Samaria. Their beards were shaved off, their clothes were torn, and cuts were on their bodies. They brought grain offerings and incense to Jehovah's Temple.
Jeremiah 47:5
Gaza will shave its head in mourning. Ashkelon will be destroyed. How long will you cut yourselves, you people left on the plains?
Jeremiah 48:37
They have all shaved their heads and cut off their beards. They have all made gashes on their hands, and everyone is wearing sackcloth.'
Leviticus 19:28
Never slash your body to mourn the dead, and never get a tattoo. I am Jehovah.
Deuteronomy 14:1
You are the sons of Jehovah your God. Do not cut yourselves nor shave your forehead for the sake of the dead.
Isaiah 22:12
In that day Jehovah God of Hosts called to weeping and mourning, to baldness and putting on sackcloth.
General references
Leviticus 19:27
Do not shave the hair on your foreheads. Do not cut the edges of your beard.
Ezekiel 24:22
You will do as I have done. You will not cover your mustache and you will not eat the bread of men.