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Jeremiah 48:37

For every head is shaved and every beard is clipped; on every hand is a gash, and around every waist is sackcloth.

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ASV

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

KJV

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

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14 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
כִּ֤יkiforH3588 →
כָל־khol-everyH3605 →
רֹאשׁ֙roShheadH7218 →
קָרְחָ֔הka.re.Chah[will be] baldnessH7144 →
וְכָל־ve.kholand everyH3605 →
זָקָ֖ןza.KanbeardH2206 →
גְּרֻעָ֑הge.ru.'Ah[will be] clippedH1639 →
עַ֤ל'al[will be] onH5921 →
כָּל־kol-allH3605 →
יָדַ֙יִם֙ya.Da.yimhandsH3027 →
גְּדֻדֹ֔תge.du.DotcutsH1417 →
וְעַל־ve.'al-and [will be] onH5921 →
מָתְנַ֖יִםma.te.Na.yimloinsH4975 →
שָֽׂק׃SaksackclothH8242 →

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Isaiah 15:2–3Dibon 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.Jeremiah 41:5eighty 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.Jeremiah 47:5The people of Gaza will shave their heads in mourning; Ashkelon will be silenced. O remnant of their valley, how long will you gash yourself?Genesis 37:34Then Jacob tore his clothes, put sackcloth around his waist, and mourned for his son many days.Leviticus 19:27You must not cut off the hair at the sides of your head or clip off the edges of your beard.Jeremiah 49:3Wail, O Heshbon, for Ai has been destroyed; cry out, O daughters of Rabbah! Put on sackcloth and mourn; run back and forth within your walls, for Milcom will go into exile together with his priests and officials.Jeremiah 16:6“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.Isaiah 20:2the LORD had already spoken through Isaiah son of Amoz, saying, “Go, remove the sackcloth from your waist and the sandals from your feet.” And Isaiah did so, walking around naked and barefoot.Leviticus 19:28You must not make any cuts in your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves. I am the LORD.Amos 8:10I will turn your feasts into mourning and all your songs into lamentation. I will cause everyone to wear sackcloth and every head to be shaved. I will make it like a time of mourning for an only son, and its outcome like a bitter day.Genesis 37:29When Reuben returned to the pit and saw that Joseph was not there, he tore his clothes,Ezekiel 27:31They will shave their heads for you and wrap themselves in sackcloth. They will weep over you with anguish of soul and bitter mourning.2 Kings 6:30When the king heard the words of the woman, he tore his clothes. And as he passed by on the wall, the people saw the sackcloth under his clothes next to his skin.Ezekiel 7:18They will put on sackcloth, and terror will overwhelm them. Shame will cover all their faces, and all their heads will be shaved.Isaiah 3:24Instead of fragrance there will be a stench; instead of a belt, a rope; instead of styled hair, baldness; instead of fine clothing, sackcloth; instead of beauty, shame.Revelation 11:3And I will empower my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth.”Mark 5:5Night and day in the tombs and in the mountains he kept crying out and cutting himself with stones.1 Kings 18:28So they shouted louder and cut themselves with knives and lances, as was their custom, until the blood gushed over them.

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The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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