Parallel Verses New International Version "Both high and low will die in this land. They will not be buried or mourned, and no one will cut themselves or shave their head for the dead. King James Bible 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: Darby Bible Translation Both great and small shall die in this land: they shall not be buried; and none shall lament for them, or cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them. World English Bible Both great and 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; Young's Literal Translation And died have great and small in this land, They are not buried, and none lament for them, Nor doth any cut himself, nor become bald for them. Jeremiah 16:6 Parallel Commentary Clarke's Commentary on the BibleNor cut themselves - A custom of the heathen forbidden to the Jews, Leviticus 19:28; Deuteronomy 14:1, and which appears now to have prevailed among them; because, having become idolaters, they conformed to all the customs of the heathen. They tore their hair, rent their garments, cut their hands, arms, and faces. These were not only signs of sorrow but were even supposed to give ease to the dead, and appease the angry deities. The Hindoos, on the death of a relation, express their grief by loud lamentations, and not unfrequently bruise themselves in an agony of grief with whatever they can lay hold on. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge the great. they. nor cut. Library Some General Uses from this Useful Truth, that Christ is the Truth. Having thus cleared up this truth, we should come to speak of the way of believers making use of him as the truth, in several cases wherein they will stand in need of him as the truth. But ere we come to the particulars, we shall first propose some general uses of this useful point. First. This point of truth serveth to discover unto us, the woful condition of such as are strangers to Christ the truth; and oh, if it were believed! For, 1. They are not yet delivered from that dreadful plague of … John Brown (of Wamphray)—Christ The Way, The Truth, and The Life Healing the Centurion's Servant. Cross References Matthew 9:23 When Jesus entered the synagogue leader's house and saw the noisy crowd and people playing pipes, Deuteronomy 14:1 You are the children of the LORD your God. Do not cut yourselves or shave the front of your heads for the dead, 2 Chronicles 36:17 He brought up against them the king of the Babylonians, who killed their young men with the sword in the sanctuary, and did not spare young men or young women, the elderly or the infirm. God gave them all into the hands of Nebuchadnezzar. Isaiah 22:12 The Lord, the LORD Almighty, called you on that day to weep and to wail, to tear out your hair and put on sackcloth. Jeremiah 7:29 "'Cut off your hair and throw it away; take up a lament on the barren heights, for the LORD has rejected and abandoned this generation that is under his wrath. Jeremiah 41:5 eighty men who had shaved off their beards, torn their clothes and cut themselves came from Shechem, Shiloh and Samaria, bringing grain offerings and incense with them to the house of the LORD. Jeremiah 47:5 Gaza will shave her head in mourning; Ashkelon will be silenced. You remnant on the plain, how long will you cut yourselves? Jump to Previous Bald Bodies Buried Cut Cutting Death Die Gash Great Hair Head High Lament Mourned Overtake Resting-Place Shave Small Themselves Weeping WoundingJump to Next Bald Bodies Buried Cut Cutting Death Die Gash Great Hair Head High Lament Mourned Overtake Resting-Place Shave Small Themselves Weeping WoundingLinks Jeremiah 16:6 NIVJeremiah 16:6 NLT Jeremiah 16:6 ESV Jeremiah 16:6 NASB Jeremiah 16:6 KJV Jeremiah 16:6 Bible Apps Jeremiah 16:6 Biblia Paralela Jeremiah 16:6 Chinese Bible Jeremiah 16:6 French Bible Jeremiah 16:6 German Bible Jeremiah 16:6 Commentaries THE HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica®. Bible Hub |
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