Jeremiah 7:29

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Cut off thine hair, O Jerusalem, and cast it away, and take up a lamentation on high places; for the LORD hath rejected and forsaken the generation of his wrath.

Cut

And take

Jeremiah 9:17

Ezekiel 19:1

Ezekiel 28:12

For

Jeremiah 6:30

2 Kings 17:20

Zechariah 11:8

Generation

Bible References

Cut

Both great and small will die in this land without burial. No lament will be made for them, nor will anyone cut himself or shave his head for them.

Baldness is coming to Gaza.
Ashkelon will become silent,
a remnant of their valley.
How long will you gash yourself?

Indeed, every head is bald and every beard clipped; on every hand is a gash and sackcloth around the waist.

Then Job stood up, tore his robe, and shaved his head. He fell to the ground and worshiped,

Dibon went up to its temple
to weep at its high places.
Moab wails on Nebo and at Medeba.
Every head is shaved;
every beard is cut off.

Shave yourselves bald and cut off your hair
in sorrow for your precious children;
make yourselves as bald as an eagle,
for they have been taken from you into exile.

And take

This is what the Lord of Hosts says:

Consider, and summon the women who mourn;
send for the skillful women.

“Now, lament for the princes of Israel

“Son of man, lament for the king of Tyre and say to him: This is what the Lord God says:

You were the seal of perfection,
full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.

For

They are called rejected silver,
for the Lord has rejected them.

So the Lord rejected all the descendants of Israel, afflicted them, and handed them over to plunderers until He had banished them from His presence.

In one month I got rid of three shepherds. I became impatient with them, and they also detested me.

Generation

His people have acted corruptly toward Him;
this is their defect—they are not His children
but a devious and crooked generation.

When he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to the place of his baptism, he said to them, “Brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

But He answered them, “An evil and adulterous generation demands a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.

An evil and adulterous generation demands a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah.”

Then He left them and went away.

I assure you: All these things will come on this generation!

And with many other words he testified and strongly urged them, saying, “Be saved from this corrupt generation!”