Jeremiah 48:37

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

Every head

Cuttings

Leviticus 19:28

1 Kings 18:28

Mark 5:5

Upon the loins

General references

Leviticus 19:27

Bible References

Every head

Rich and poor alike will die in this land. They will not be buried or mourned. People will not cut their bodies or shave off their hair to show their grief for them.

eighty men arrived from Shechem, Shiloh, and Samaria. They had shaved off their beards, torn their clothes, and cut themselves to show they were mourning. They were carrying grain offerings and incense to present at the temple of the Lord in Jerusalem.

The people of Gaza will shave their heads in mourning. The people of Ashkelon will be struck dumb. How long will you gash yourselves to show your sorrow, you who remain of Philistia's power?

A putrid stench will replace the smell of spices, a rope will replace a belt, baldness will replace braided locks of hair, a sackcloth garment will replace a fine robe, and a prisoner's brand will replace beauty.

They went up to the temple, the people of Dibon went up to the high places to lament. Because of what happened to Nebo and Medeba, Moab wails. Every head is shaved bare, every beard is trimmed off.

They will wear sackcloth, terror will cover them; shame will be on all their faces, and all of their heads will be shaved bald.

they will tear out their hair because of you and put on sackcloth, and they will weep bitterly over you with intense mourning.

I will turn your festivals into funerals, and all your songs into funeral dirges. I will make everyone wear funeral clothes and cause every head to be shaved bald. I will make you mourn as if you had lost your only son; when it ends it will indeed have been a bitter day.

Shave your heads bald as you mourn for the children you love; shave your foreheads as bald as an eagle, for they are taken from you into exile.

Cuttings

You must not slash your body for a dead person or incise a tattoo on yourself. I am the Lord.

So they yelled louder and, in accordance with their prescribed ritual, mutilated themselves with swords and spears until their bodies were covered with blood.

Each night and every day among the tombs and in the mountains, he would cry out and cut himself with stones.

Upon the loins

Later Reuben returned to the cistern to find that Joseph was not in it! He tore his clothes,

When Ahab heard these words, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and fasted. He slept in sackcloth and walked around dejected.

When the king heard what the woman said, he tore his clothes. As he was passing by on the wall, the people could see he was wearing sackcloth under his clothes.

At that time the Lord announced through Isaiah son of Amoz: "Go, remove the sackcloth from your waist and take your sandals off your feet." He did as instructed and walked around in undergarments and barefoot.

When King Hezekiah heard this, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and went to the Lord's temple.

And I will grant my two witnesses authority to prophesy for 1,260 days, dressed in sackcloth.

General references

You must not round off the corners of the hair on your head or ruin the corners of your beard.