Jeremiah 16:6
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“Both great and small will die in this land. They will not be buried or mourned, nor will anyone cut himself or shave his head for them.
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You are sons of the LORD your God; do not cut yourselves or shave your foreheads on behalf of the dead,
eighty men who had shaved off their beards, torn their garments, and cut themselves came from Shechem, Shiloh, and Samaria, carrying grain offerings and frankincense for the house of the LORD.
The people of Gaza will shave their heads in mourning; Ashkelon will be silenced. O remnant of their valley, how long will you gash yourself?
You must not make any cuts in your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves. I am the LORD.
For every head is shaved and every beard is clipped; on every hand is a gash, and around every waist is sackcloth.
On that day the Lord GOD of Hosts called for weeping and wailing, for shaven heads and the wearing of sackcloth.
“They will die from deadly diseases. They will not be mourned or buried, but will lie like dung on the ground. They will be finished off by sword and famine, and their corpses will become food for the birds of the air and beasts of the earth.”
Then the kings of the earth, the nobles, the commanders, the rich, the mighty, and every slave and free man hid in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains.
people and priest alike, servant and master, maid and mistress, buyer and seller, lender and borrower, creditor and debtor.
Cut off your hair and throw it away. Raise up a lamentation on the barren heights, for the LORD has rejected and forsaken the generation of His wrath.’