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For the LORD has rejected and forsaken this generation that has provoked his fury.’ <a href="/esv/jeremiah/7.htm">English Standard Version</a> “‘Cut off your hair and cast it away; raise a lamentation on the bare heights, for the LORD has rejected and forsaken the generation of his wrath.’ <a href="/bsb/jeremiah/7.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> 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.’ <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/7.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/7.htm">New King James Version</a> Cut off your hair and cast it away, and take up a lamentation on the desolate heights; for the LORD has rejected and forsaken the generation of His wrath.’ <a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/7.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> ‘Cut off your hair and throw it away, And take up a song of mourning on the bare heights; For the LORD has rejected and forsaken The generation of His wrath.’ <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/7.htm">NASB 1995</a> Cut off your hair and cast it away, And take up a lamentation on the bare heights; For the LORD has rejected and forsaken The generation of His wrath.&#8217 <a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/7.htm">NASB 1977 </a> ‘Cut off your hair and cast it away, And take up a lamentation on the bare heights; For the LORD has rejected and forsaken The generation of His wrath.’ <a href="/lsb/jeremiah/7.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Cut off your hair and cast it away, And lift up a funeral lamentation on the bare heights; For Yahweh has rejected and abandoned The generation of His wrath.’ <a href="/amp/jeremiah/7.htm">Amplified Bible</a> ‘Cut off your hair [your crown, O Jerusalem] and throw it away, And take up a mournful cry on the barren heights, For the LORD has rejected and abandoned The generation of His wrath.’ <a href="/csb/jeremiah/7.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Cut off the hair of your sacred vow and throw it away. Raise up a dirge on the barren heights, for the LORD has rejected and abandoned the generation under his wrath.’ <a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/7.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Cut off the hair of your sacred vow and throw it away. Raise up a dirge on the barren heights, for the LORD has rejected and abandoned the generation under His wrath. <a href="/asv/jeremiah/7.htm">American Standard Version</a> Cut off thy hair, O Jerusalem, and cast it away, and take up a lamentation on the bare heights; for Jehovah hath rejected and forsaken the generation of his wrath. <a href="/cev/jeremiah/7.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Shave your head bald and throw away the hair. Sing a funeral song on top of a barren hill. You people have made me angry, and I have abandoned you. <a href="/erv/jeremiah/7.htm">English Revised Version</a> Cut off thine hair, O Jerusalem, and cast it away, and take up a lamentation on the bare heights; for the LORD hath rejected and forsaken the generation of his wrath. <a href="/gwt/jeremiah/7.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> "Cut off your hair and throw it away. Sing a song of mourning on the bare hills, because in his anger the LORD has rejected and abandoned the people of this generation. <a href="/gnt/jeremiah/7.htm">Good News Translation</a> "Mourn, people of Jerusalem; cut off your hair and throw it away. Sing a funeral song on the hilltops, because I, the LORD, am angry and have rejected my people. <a href="/isv/jeremiah/7.htm">International Standard Version</a> "Cut off your hair and throw it away; let your lamentations rise on the barren heights, because the LORD has rejected and abandoned the generation that is subject to his wrath. <a href="/msb/jeremiah/7.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> 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.? <a href="/net/jeremiah/7.htm">NET Bible</a> So, mourn, you people of this nation. Cut off your hair and throw it away. Sing a song of mourning on the hilltops. For the LORD has decided to reject and forsake this generation that has provoked his wrath!'" <a href="/nheb/jeremiah/7.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Cut off your hair, and throw it away, and take up a lamentation on the bare heights; for the LORD has rejected and forsaken the generation of his wrath.'" <a href="/wbt/jeremiah/7.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Cut off thy 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. <a href="/web/jeremiah/7.htm">World English Bible</a> Cut off your hair, and throw it away, and take up a lamentation on the bare heights; for Yahweh has rejected and forsaken the generation of his wrath. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/7.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> Cut off your crown, and cast [it] away, "" And lift up lamentation on high places, "" For YHWH has rejected, "" And He leaves the generation of His wrath. <a href="/ylt/jeremiah/7.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> Cut off thy crown, and cast it away, And lift up on high places lamentation, For Jehovah hath rejected, And He leaveth the generation of His wrath. <a href="/slt/jeremiah/7.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Shave thy consecration and cast away, and lift up a lamentation upon the lips; for Jehovah rejected and cast out the generation of his wrath.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/jeremiah/7.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Cut off thy hair, and cast it away: and take up a lamentation on high: for the Lord hath rejected and forsaken the generation of his wrath, <a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/7.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Cut off your hair, and cast it away. And take up a lamentation on high. For the Lord has cast aside and abandoned this generation of his fury. <a href="/nabre/jeremiah/7.htm">New American Bible</a> Cut off your hair and throw it away! on the heights raise a lament; The LORD has indeed rejected and cast off the generation that draws down his wrath. <a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/7.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Cut off your hair and throw it away; raise a lamentation on the bare heights, for the LORD has rejected and forsaken the generation that provoked his wrath.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/7.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Cut off your hair, Jerusalem, and cast it away, and take up a lamentation on high ways; for the LORD is angry and has forsaken this passing generation. <a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/7.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> Cut your hair and throw it away, and take up lamentation on the street, for LORD JEHOVAH is angry and he has forsaken the passing generation<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/jeremiah/7.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> Cut off thy hair, and cast it away, And take up a lamentation on the high hills; For the LORD hath rejected and forsaken the generation of His wrath. <a href="/sep/jeremiah/7.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> Cut off thine hair, and cast it away, and take up a lamentation on thy lips; for the Lord has reprobated and rejected the generation that does these things. <a href="/parallel/jeremiah/7-29.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=2377" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/7.htm">Judah's Idolatry Persists</a> …28Therefore you must say to them, ‘This is the nation that would not listen to the voice of the LORD their God and would not receive correction. Truth has perished; it has disappeared from their lips. 29<a href="/hebrew/1494.htm" title="1494: gāz·zî (V-Qal-Imp-fs) -- To shear. A primitive root; to cut off; specifically to shear a flock or shave the hair; figuratively to destroy an enemy.">Cut off</a> <a href="/hebrew/5145.htm" title="5145: niz·rêḵ (N-msc:: 2fs) -- Or nezer; from nazar; properly, something set apart, i.e. dedication; hence unshorn locks; also a chaplet.">your hair</a> <a href="/hebrew/7993.htm" title="7993: wə·haš·lî·ḵî (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-Imp-fs) -- To throw, fling, cast. A primitive root; to throw out, down or away.">and throw it away.</a> <a href="/hebrew/5375.htm" title="5375: ū·śə·’î (Conj-w:: V-Qal-Imp-fs) -- Or nacah ('abad); a primitive root; to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absol. And rel.">Raise up</a> <a href="/hebrew/7015.htm" title="7015: qî·nāh (N-fs) -- An elegy, dirge. From quwn; a dirge.">a lamentation</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">on</a> <a href="/hebrew/8205.htm" title="8205: šə·p̄ā·yim (N-mp) -- Bareness, a smooth or bare height. From shaphah; bareness; concretely, a bare hill or plain.">the barren heights,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">for</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/3988.htm" title="3988: mā·’as (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To spurn, to disappear. A primitive root; to spurn; also to disappear.">has rejected</a> <a href="/hebrew/5203.htm" title="5203: way·yiṭ·ṭōš (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- A primitive root; properly, to pound, i.e. Smite; by implication to disperse; also, to thrust off, down, out or upon.">and forsaken</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1755.htm" title="1755: dō·wr (N-msc) -- Period, generation, dwelling. Or dor; from duwr; properly, a revolution of time, i.e. An age or generation; also a dwelling.">the generation</a> <a href="/hebrew/5678.htm" title="5678: ‘eḇ·rā·ṯōw (N-fsc:: 3ms) -- Overflow, arrogance, fury. Feminine of eber; an outburst of passion.">of His wrath.’</a> <div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/isaiah/1-15.htm">Isaiah 1:15-17</a> When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; even though you multiply your prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood. / Wash and cleanse yourselves. Remove your evil deeds from My sight. Stop doing evil! / Learn to do right; seek justice and correct the oppressor. Defend the fatherless and plead the case of the widow.” <a href="/hosea/9-12.htm">Hosea 9:12-17</a> Even if they raise their children, I will bereave them of each one. Yes, woe be to them when I turn away from them! / I have seen Ephraim, like Tyre, planted in a meadow. But Ephraim will bring out his children for slaughter. / Give them, O LORD—what will You give? Give them wombs that miscarry and breasts that dry up! ... <a href="/2_kings/17-20.htm">2 Kings 17:20-23</a> So the LORD rejected all the descendants of Israel. He afflicted them and delivered them into the hands of plunderers, until He had banished them from His presence. / When the LORD had torn Israel away from the house of David, they made Jeroboam son of Nebat king, and Jeroboam led Israel away from following the LORD and caused them to commit a great sin. / The Israelites persisted in all the sins that Jeroboam had committed and did not turn away from them. ... <a href="/lamentations/2-5.htm">Lamentations 2:5-7</a> The Lord is like an enemy; He has swallowed up Israel. He has swallowed up all her palaces and destroyed her strongholds. He has multiplied mourning and lamentation for the Daughter of Judah. / He has laid waste His tabernacle like a garden booth; He has destroyed His place of meeting. The LORD has made Zion forget her appointed feasts and Sabbaths. In His fierce anger He has despised both king and priest. / The Lord has rejected His altar; He has abandoned His sanctuary; He has delivered the walls of her palaces into the hand of the enemy. They have raised a shout in the house of the LORD as on the day of an appointed feast. <a href="/ezekiel/5-11.htm">Ezekiel 5:11-13</a> Therefore as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, because you have defiled My sanctuary with all your detestable idols and abominations, I Myself will withdraw My favor; I will not look upon you with pity, nor will I spare you. / A third of your people will die by plague or be consumed by famine within you, a third will fall by the sword outside your walls, and a third I will scatter to every wind and unleash a sword behind them. / And when My anger is spent and I have vented My wrath against them, I will be appeased. And when I have spent My wrath on them, they will know that I, the LORD, in My zeal have spoken. <a href="/amos/5-21.htm">Amos 5:21-24</a> “I hate, I despise your feasts! I cannot stand the stench of your solemn assemblies. / Even though you offer Me burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them; for your peace offerings of fattened cattle I will have no regard. / Take away from Me the noise of your songs! I will not listen to the music of your harps. ... <a href="/micah/3-4.htm">Micah 3:4</a> Then they will cry out to the LORD, but He will not answer them. At that time He will hide His face from them because of the evil they have done. <a href="/zephaniah/1-4.htm">Zephaniah 1:4-6</a> “I will stretch out My hand against Judah and against all who dwell in Jerusalem. I will cut off from this place every remnant of Baal, the names of the idolatrous and pagan priests— / those who bow on the rooftops to worship the host of heaven, those who bow down and swear by the LORD but also swear by Milcom, / and those who turn back from following the LORD, neither seeking the LORD nor inquiring of Him.” <a href="/2_chronicles/36-15.htm">2 Chronicles 36:15-16</a> Again and again the LORD, the God of their fathers, sent word to His people through His messengers because He had compassion on them and on His dwelling place. / But they mocked the messengers of God, despising His words and scoffing at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD against His people was stirred up beyond remedy. <a href="/isaiah/63-10.htm">Isaiah 63:10</a> But they rebelled and grieved His Holy Spirit. So He turned and became their enemy, and He Himself fought against them. <a href="/matthew/23-37.htm">Matthew 23:37-38</a> O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling! / Look, your house is left to you desolate. <a href="/luke/13-34.htm">Luke 13:34-35</a> O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling! / Look, your house is left to you desolate. And I tell you that you will not see Me again until you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord.’” <a href="/romans/11-20.htm">Romans 11:20-22</a> That is correct: They were broken off because of unbelief, but you stand by faith. Do not be arrogant, but be afraid. / For if God did not spare the natural branches, He will certainly not spare you either. / Take notice, therefore, of the kindness and severity of God: severity to those who fell, but kindness to you, if you continue in His kindness. Otherwise you also will be cut off. <a href="/revelation/2-4.htm">Revelation 2:4-5</a> But I have this against you: You have abandoned your first love. / Therefore, keep in mind how far you have fallen. Repent and perform the deeds you did at first. But if you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place. <a href="/john/15-6.htm">John 15:6</a> If anyone does not remain in Me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers. Such branches are gathered up, thrown into the fire, and burned.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Cut off your hair, O Jerusalem, and cast it away, and take up a lamentation on high places; for the LORD has rejected and forsaken the generation of his wrath.Cut.<a href="/jeremiah/16-6.htm">Jeremiah 16:6</a> 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:<a href="/jeremiah/47-5.htm">Jeremiah 47:5</a> Baldness is come upon Gaza; Ashkelon is cut off with the remnant of their valley: how long wilt thou cut thyself?<a href="/jeremiah/48-37.htm">Jeremiah 48:37</a> For every head shall be bald, and every beard clipped: upon all the hands shall be cuttings, and upon the loins sackcloth.and take.<a href="/jeremiah/9-17.htm">Jeremiah 9:17-21</a> Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Consider ye, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for cunning women, that they may come: … <a href="/ezekiel/19-1.htm">Ezekiel 19:1</a> Moreover take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,<a href="/ezekiel/28-12.htm">Ezekiel 28:12</a> Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.for.<a href="/jeremiah/6-30.htm">Jeremiah 6:30</a> Reprobate silver shall men call them, because the LORD hath rejected them.<a href="/2_kings/17-20.htm">2 Kings 17:20</a> And the LORD rejected all the seed of Israel, and afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, until he had cast them out of his sight.<a href="/zechariah/11-8.htm">Zechariah 11:8,9</a> Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul lothed them, and their soul also abhorred me… generation.<a href="/deuteronomy/32-5.htm">Deuteronomy 32:5</a> They have corrupted themselves, their spot is not the spot of his children: they are a perverse and crooked generation.<a href="/matthew/3-7.htm">Matthew 3:7</a> But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?<a href="/matthew/12-39.htm">Matthew 12:39</a> But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; 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In ancient Israel, cutting off one's hair was a sign of mourning or deep distress. This act symbolized the nation's shame and the severing of their covenant relationship with God. The Nazarite vow, which involved not cutting one's hair, further emphasizes the significance of this action as a reversal of dedication to God (<a href="/numbers/6-5.htm">Numbers 6:5</a>). The cutting of hair here is a prophetic gesture indicating the end of God's favor and protection.Raise up a lamentation on the barren heights, The barren heights refer to the high places where idolatrous worship often occurred. These locations, once filled with pagan altars, are now desolate, symbolizing the spiritual barrenness of the people. Lamentation is a common biblical response to disaster or divine judgment, as seen in the Book of Lamentations. The call to lament on these heights underscores the depth of Israel's spiritual decline and the consequences of their idolatry.for the LORD has rejected and forsaken the generation of His wrath.’ This phrase indicates a divine judgment upon the people of Judah. The rejection and forsaking by the LORD highlight the severity of their disobedience and idolatry. The "generation of His wrath" refers to those who have persistently turned away from God, invoking His righteous anger. This echoes the warnings given in <a href="/deuteronomy/28.htm">Deuteronomy 28</a> about the consequences of breaking the covenant. The rejection is not arbitrary but a response to the people's persistent sin, aligning with the prophetic theme of judgment leading to eventual restoration.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a> A prophet called by God to deliver messages of warning and judgment to the people of Judah. His ministry was marked by deep sorrow and lamentation over the people's unfaithfulness. 2. <a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a> The southern kingdom of Israel, which had fallen into idolatry and disobedience, prompting God's judgment through the prophetic messages of Jeremiah. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a> The covenant God of Israel, who is holy and just, and who calls His people to repentance and faithfulness. 4. <a href="/topical/b/barren_heights.htm">Barren Heights</a> High places often associated with idolatrous worship in ancient Israel, symbolizing the spiritual barrenness and unfaithfulness of the people. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_generation_of_his_wrath.htm">The Generation of His Wrath</a> Refers to the people of Judah during Jeremiah's time, who were subject to God's judgment due to their persistent rebellion and idolatry.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/c/call_to_repentance.htm">Call to Repentance</a> The act of cutting off hair symbolizes deep mourning and repentance. Believers are called to examine their lives and turn away from sin, seeking God's forgiveness. <a href="/topical/c/consequences_of_disobedience.htm">Consequences of Disobedience</a> The rejection and forsaking by God serve as a sobering reminder of the consequences of persistent disobedience. It is crucial to heed God's warnings and live in obedience to His Word. <a href="/topical/s/spiritual_barrenness.htm">Spiritual Barrenness</a> The barren heights represent the emptiness of idolatry and false worship. Christians are encouraged to worship God in spirit and truth, avoiding anything that detracts from genuine faith. <a href="/topical/g/generational_responsibility.htm">Generational Responsibility</a> The "generation of His wrath" highlights the impact of collective disobedience. Believers are urged to influence their generation positively by living out their faith authentically. <a href="/topical/h/hope_in_lamentation.htm">Hope in Lamentation</a> While lamentation acknowledges the reality of sin and its consequences, it also opens the door to hope and restoration through God's mercy and grace.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jeremiah_7.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 7</a> <a href="/q/how_should_others_be_treated.htm">Who is known as the Weeping Prophet?</a> <a href="/q/do_jer._15_3_punishments_conflict_with_god's_love.htm">The graphic punishments in Jeremiah 15:3 seem excessively harsh. Do they conflict with the concept of a just and loving God found elsewhere in the Bible? </a> <a href="/q/why_does_god_advise_peace_in_a_pagan_land.htm">In Jeremiah 29:4-7, how can God instruct his people to settle peacefully in a pagan land while other passages command separation from foreign nations?</a> <a href="/q/how_does_psalm_126_1-2_fit_gradual_return.htm">How does Psalm 126:1-2 reconcile with historical records indicating that Israel's return from exile was gradual rather than sudden?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jeremiah/7.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(29) Cut off thine hair.--Literally, as in <a href="/2_samuel/1-10.htm" title="So I stood on him, and slew him, because I was sure that he could not live after that he was fallen: and I took the crown that was on his head, and the bracelet that was on his arm, and have brought them here to my lord.">2Samuel 1:10</a>; <a href="/2_kings/11-12.htm" title="And he brought forth the king's son, and put the crown on him, and gave him the testimony; and they made him king, and anointed him; and they clapped their hands, and said, God save the king.">2Kings 11:12</a>, thy crown or diadem; but the verb determines the meaning. The word Netzer ("consecration" in the Authorised version) is applied to the unshorn locks of the Nazarite (<a href="/numbers/6-7.htm" title="He shall not make himself unclean for his father, or for his mother, for his brother, or for his sister, when they die: because the consecration of his God is on his head.">Numbers 6:7</a>), and from it he took his name. As the Nazarite was to shave his head if he came in contact with a corpse, as cutting the hair close was generally among Semitic races the sign of extremest sorrow (<a href="/job/1-20.htm" title="Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down on the ground, and worshipped,">Job 1:20</a>; <a href="/micah/1-16.htm" title="Make you bald, and poll you for your delicate children; enlarge your baldness as the eagle; for they are gone into captivity from you.">Micah 1:16</a>), so Jerusalem was to sit as a woman rejected by her husband, bereaved of her children. (Comp. the picture in <a href="/context/lamentations/1-1.htm" title="How does the city sit solitary, that was full of people! how is she become as a widow! she that was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary!">Lamentations 1:1-3</a>.) The word is applied also to the "crown" of the high priest in <a href="/exodus/29-6.htm" title="And you shall put the turban on his head, and put the holy crown on the turban.">Exodus 29:6</a>, the "crown" of the anointing oil in <a href="/leviticus/21-12.htm" title="Neither shall he go out of the sanctuary, nor profane the sanctuary of his God; for the crown of the anointing oil of his God is on him: I am the LORD.">Leviticus 21:12</a>. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/7.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verses 29-34. - Tophet, the greatest of all abominations; the beginning of the Divine retribution. Verse 29. - Cut off thine hair. The "daughter of Zion," i.e. the community of Jerusalem, is addressed; this appears from the verb being in the feminine. It is a choice expression which the prophet employs - literally, shear off thy crown (i.e. thy chief ornament). The act was to be a sign of mourning (see <a href="/job/1-20.htm">Job 1:20</a>; <a href="/micah/1-16.htm">Micah 1:16</a>). Some think there is also a reference to the vow of the Nazarite (the word for "crown" being here nezer, which is also the word rendered in Authorized Version, "separation," i.e. "consecration," in the law of the Nazarite (<a href="/numbers/6.htm">Numbers 6</a>.). But neither in this context nor anywhere else have we any support for the application of the term "Nazarite" to the people of Israel. On high places; rather, on (the) bare hills (see on Jeremiah 3:21). The generation of his wrath; i.e. on which his wrath is to be poured out (comp. <a href="/isaiah/10-6.htm">Isaiah 10:6</a>). <a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/7-29.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Cut off גָּזִּ֤י (gāz·zî) Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1494.htm">Strong's 1494: </a> To cut off, to shear a, flock, shave the hair, to destroy an enemy your hair נִזְרֵךְ֙ (niz·rêḵ) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5145.htm">Strong's 5145: </a> Something set apart, dedication, unshorn locks, a chaplet and throw it away. וְֽהַשְׁלִ֔יכִי (wə·haš·lî·ḵî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Imperative - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7993.htm">Strong's 7993: </a> To throw out, down, away Raise up וּשְׂאִ֥י (ū·śə·’î) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5375.htm">Strong's 5375: </a> To lift, carry, take a lamentation קִינָ֑ה (qî·nāh) Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7015.htm">Strong's 7015: </a> An elegy, dirge on עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against the barren heights, שְׁפָיִ֖ם (šə·p̄ā·yim) Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8205.htm">Strong's 8205: </a> Bareness, a smooth or bare height for כִּ֚י (kî) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> A relative conjunction the LORD יְהוָ֔ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel has rejected מָאַ֣ס (mā·’as) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3988.htm">Strong's 3988: </a> To spurn, to disappear and forsaken וַיִּטֹּ֖שׁ (way·yiṭ·ṭōš) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5203.htm">Strong's 5203: </a> To pound, smite, to disperse, to thrust off, down, out, upon the generation דּ֥וֹר (dō·wr) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1755.htm">Strong's 1755: </a> A revolution of time, an age, generation, a dwelling of His wrath. עֶבְרָתֽוֹ׃ (‘eḇ·rā·ṯōw) Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5678.htm">Strong's 5678: </a> Overflow, arrogance, fury <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/7-29.htm">Jeremiah 7:29 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/jeremiah/7-29.htm">Jeremiah 7:29 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/jeremiah/7-29.htm">Jeremiah 7:29 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/7-29.htm">Jeremiah 7:29 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/7-29.htm">Jeremiah 7:29 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/7-29.htm">Jeremiah 7:29 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/7-29.htm">Jeremiah 7:29 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/7-29.htm">Jeremiah 7:29 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/7-29.htm">Jeremiah 7:29 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/jeremiah/7-29.htm">Jeremiah 7:29 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-29.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 7:29 Cut off your hair Jerusalem and cast (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/7-28.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 7:28"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 7:28" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/7-30.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 7:30"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 7:30" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>