Ezekiel 27:31
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They will shave their heads for you and wrap themselves in sackcloth. They will weep over you with anguish of soul and bitter mourning.
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They will put on sackcloth, and terror will overwhelm them. Shame will cover all their faces, and all their heads will be shaved.
On that day the Lord GOD of Hosts called for weeping and wailing, for shaven heads and the wearing of sackcloth.
Dibon goes up to its temple to weep at its high places. Moab wails over Nebo, as well as over Medeba. Every head is shaved, every beard is cut off.
So I weep with Jazer for the vines of Sibmah; I drench Heshbon and Elealeh with my tears. Triumphant shouts have fallen silent over your summer fruit and your harvest.
Therefore I said, “Turn away from me, let me weep bitterly! Do not try to console me over the destruction of the daughter of my people.”
“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.
For every head is shaved and every beard is clipped; on every hand is a gash, and around every waist is sackcloth.
You are sons of the LORD your God; do not cut yourselves or shave your foreheads on behalf of the dead,
Priests must not make bald spots on their heads, shave off the edges of their beards, or make cuts in their bodies.
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?