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They will not be buried or mourned, and no one will cut themselves or shave their head for the dead.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/16.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Both the great and the lowly will die in this land. No one will bury them or mourn for them. Their friends will not cut themselves in sorrow or shave their heads in sadness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/jeremiah/16.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Both great and small shall die in this land. They shall not be buried, and no one shall lament for them or cut himself or make himself bald for them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/16.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />“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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/16.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Both the great and the small shall die in this land: they shall not be buried, neither shall <i>men</i> lament for them, nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/16.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Both the great and the small shall die in this land. They shall not be buried; neither shall men lament for them, cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/16.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Both great people and small will die in this land; they will not be buried, <i>people</i> will not mourn for them, nor will anyone make cuts on himself or have his head shaved for them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/16.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Both great men and small will die in this land; they will not be buried, they will not be lamented, nor will anyone gash himself or shave his head for them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/16.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Both great men and small will die in this land; they will not be buried, they will not be lamented, nor will anyone gash himself or shave his head for them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/jeremiah/16.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Both great men and small will die in this land; they will not be buried; they will not be lamented, nor will anyone gash himself or shave his head for them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/jeremiah/16.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Both great men and small will die in this land; they will not be buried, nor will they be lamented (mourned over with expressions of grief in death), nor will anyone cut himself or shave his head for them [in mourning].<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/jeremiah/16.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Both great and small will die in this land without burial. No lament will be made for them, nor will anyone cut himself or shave his head for them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/16.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Both great and small will die in this land without burial. No lament will be made for them, nor will anyone cut himself or shave his head for them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/jeremiah/16.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />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;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/jeremiah/16.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Rich and poor alike will die and be left unburied. No one will mourn and show their sorrow by cutting themselves or shaving their heads. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/jeremiah/16.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />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:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/jeremiah/16.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />"Old and young alike will die in this land. No one will mourn for them or bury them. No one will cut his own body or shave his own head for them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/jeremiah/16.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The rich and the poor will die in this land, but no one will bury them or mourn for them. Not one of you will gash yourself or shave your head to show your grief. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/jeremiah/16.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Both the most and the least important people will die in this land, and they won't be buried. People won't mourn for them. They won't cut themselves, nor will they shave their heads for them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/jeremiah/16.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />?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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/jeremiah/16.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Rich and poor alike will die in this land. They will not be buried or mourned. People will not cut their bodies or shave off their hair to show their grief for them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/jeremiah/16.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />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;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/jeremiah/16.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />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:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/jeremiah/16.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Both great and small will die in this land. They will not be buried. Men won’t lament for them, cut themselves, or make themselves bald for them. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/16.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And great and small have died in this land, "" They are not buried, and none lament for them, "" Nor does any cut himself, nor become bald for them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/jeremiah/16.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/jeremiah/16.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And the great and small died in this land: they shall not be buried, and they shall not lament for them, and none shall cut himself or make bald for them:<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/jeremiah/16.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Both the great and the little shall die in the land: they shall not be buried nor lamented, and men shall not cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/16.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Both the great and the small will die in this land. They will not be buried, and they will not be mourned. And no one will cut themselves or make themselves bald on their behalf.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/jeremiah/16.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />They shall die, the great and the lowly, in this land, unburied and unlamented. No one will gash themselves or shave their heads for them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/16.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Both great and small shall die in this land; they shall not be buried, and no one shall lament for them; there shall be no gashing, no shaving of the head for them.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/16.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Both the great and the small shall die in this land; they shall not be buried, neither shall any one mourn for them or lament for them, or shave his head for them;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/16.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And the great ones and the common shall die in this land. They shall not be buried, and they shall not mourn over them, neither shall they howl or shave bald for them<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/jeremiah/16.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />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;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/jeremiah/16.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />They shall not bewail them, nor make cuttings for them, and they shall not shave themselves <i>for them</i>:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/16-6.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=4779" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/16.htm">Disaster Predicted</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">5</span>Indeed, this is what the LORD says: “Do not enter a house where there is a funeral meal. Do not go to mourn or show sympathy, for I have removed from this people My peace, My loving devotion, and My compassion,” declares the LORD. <span class="reftext">6</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1419.htm" title="1419: ḡə·ḏō·lîm (Adj-mp) -- Great. Or gadol; from gadal; great; hence, older; also insolent.">“Both great</a> <a href="/hebrew/6996.htm" title="6996: ū·qə·ṭan·nîm (Conj-w:: Adj-mp) -- Small, young, unimportant. Or qaton; from quwt; abbreviated, i.e. Diminutive, literally or figuratively.">and small</a> <a href="/hebrew/4191.htm" title="4191: ū·mê·ṯū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3cp) -- To die. A primitive root: to die; causatively, to kill.">will die</a> <a href="/hebrew/2063.htm" title="2063: haz·zōṯ (Art:: Pro-fs) -- Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that. Irregular feminine of zeh; this.">in this</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: bā·’ā·reṣ (Prep-b, Art:: N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">land.</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">They will not</a> <a href="/hebrew/6912.htm" title="6912: yiq·qā·ḇê·rū (V-Nifal-Imperf-3mp) -- To bury. A primitive root; to intern.">be buried</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: wə·lō- (Conj-w:: Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">or</a> <a href="/hebrew/5594.htm" title="5594: yis·pə·ḏū (V-Qal-Imperf-3mp) -- A primitive root; properly, to tear the hair and beat the breasts; generally to lament; by implication, to wail.">mourned,</a> <a href="/hebrew/lā·hem (Prep-l:: Pro-3mp) -- "></a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: wə·lō (Conj-w:: Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">nor</a> <a href="/hebrew/1413.htm" title="1413: yiṯ·gō·ḏaḏ (V-Hitpael-Imperf-3ms) -- To penetrate, cut. A primitive root; to crowd; also to gash.">will anyone cut himself</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: wə·lō (Conj-w:: Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7139.htm" title="7139: yiq·qā·rê·aḥ (V-Nifal-Imperf-3ms) -- To make bald. A primitive root; to depilate.">or shave his head</a> <a href="/hebrew/lā·hem (Prep-l:: Pro-3mp) -- ">for them.</a> </span><span class="reftext">7</span>No food will be offered to comfort those who mourn the dead; not even a cup of consolation will be given for the loss of a father or mother.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/24-16.htm">Ezekiel 24:16-17</a></span><br />“Son of man, behold, I am about to take away the desire of your eyes with a fatal blow. But you must not mourn or weep or let your tears flow. / Groan quietly; do not mourn for the dead. Put on your turban and strap your sandals on your feet; do not cover your lips or eat the bread of mourners.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/8-10.htm">Amos 8:10</a></span><br />I 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/22-12.htm">Isaiah 22:12-13</a></span><br />On that day the Lord GOD of Hosts called for weeping and wailing, for shaven heads and the wearing of sackcloth. / But look, there is joy and gladness, butchering of cattle and slaughtering of sheep, eating of meat and drinking of wine: “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/9-4.htm">Hosea 9:4</a></span><br />They will not pour out wine offerings to the LORD, and their sacrifices will not please Him, but will be to them like the bread of mourners; all who eat will be defiled. For their bread will be for themselves; it will not enter the house of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/21-1.htm">Leviticus 21:1-4</a></span><br />Then the LORD said to Moses, “Speak to Aaron’s sons, the priests, and tell them that a priest is not to defile himself for a dead person among his people, / except for his immediate family—his mother, father, son, daughter, or brother, / or his unmarried sister who is near to him, since she has no husband. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_thessalonians/4-13.htm">1 Thessalonians 4:13</a></span><br />Brothers, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you will not grieve like the rest, who are without hope.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/8-22.htm">Matthew 8:22</a></span><br />But Jesus told him, “Follow Me, and let the dead bury their own dead.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/9-60.htm">Luke 9:60</a></span><br />But Jesus told him, “Let the dead bury their own dead. You, however, go and proclaim the kingdom of God.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/24-23.htm">Ezekiel 24:23</a></span><br />Your turbans will remain on your heads and your sandals on your feet. You will not mourn or weep, but you will waste away because of your sins, and you will groan among yourselves.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/47-1.htm">Isaiah 47:1-3</a></span><br />“Go down and sit in the dust, O Virgin Daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, O Daughter of the Chaldeans! For you will no longer be called tender or delicate. / Take millstones and grind flour; remove your veil; strip off your skirt, bare your thigh, and wade through the streams. / Your nakedness will be uncovered and your shame will be exposed. I will take vengeance; I will spare no one.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-22.htm">Revelation 18:22-23</a></span><br />And the sound of harpists and musicians, of flute players and trumpeters, will never ring out in you again. Nor will any craftsmen of any trade be found in you again, nor the sound of a millstone be heard in you again. / The light of a lamp will never shine in you again, and the voices of a bride and bridegroom will never call out in you again. For your merchants were the great ones of the earth, because all the nations were deceived by your sorcery.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/7-18.htm">Ezekiel 7:18</a></span><br />They will put on sackcloth, and terror will overwhelm them. Shame will cover all their faces, and all their heads will be shaved.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/1-16.htm">Micah 1:16</a></span><br />Shave yourselves bald and cut off your hair in mourning for your precious children; make yourselves as bald as an eagle, for they will go from you into exile.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/27-15.htm">Job 27:15</a></span><br />His survivors will be buried by the plague, and their widows will not weep for them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/25-33.htm">Jeremiah 25:33</a></span><br />Those slain by the LORD on that day will be spread from one end of the earth to the other. They will not be mourned, gathered, or buried. They will be like dung lying on the ground.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">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:</p><p class="hdg">the great.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/13-13.htm">Jeremiah 13:13</a></b></br> Then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will fill all the inhabitants of this land, even the kings that sit upon David's throne, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, with drunkenness.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/9-14.htm">Isaiah 9:14-17</a></b></br> Therefore the LORD will cut off from Israel head and tail, branch and rush, in one day… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/24-2.htm">Isaiah 24:2</a></b></br> And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the taker of usury, so with the giver of usury to him.</p><p class="hdg">they.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/16-4.htm">Jeremiah 16:4</a></b></br> They shall die of grievous deaths; they shall not be lamented; neither shall they be buried; <i>but</i> they shall be as dung upon the face of the earth: and they shall be consumed by the sword, and by famine; and their carcases shall be meat for the fowls of heaven, and for the beasts of the earth.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/22-18.htm">Jeremiah 22:18,19</a></b></br> Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah; They shall not lament for him, <i>saying</i>, Ah my brother! or, Ah sister! they shall not lament for him, <i>saying</i>, Ah lord! or, Ah his glory! … </p><p class="hdg">nor cut.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/7-29.htm">Jeremiah 7:29</a></b></br> Cut off thine hair, <i>O Jerusalem</i>, and cast <i>it</i> away, and take up a lamentation on high places; for the LORD hath rejected and forsaken the generation of his wrath.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/41-5.htm">Jeremiah 41:5</a></b></br> That there came certain from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, <i>even</i> fourscore men, having their beards shaven, and their clothes rent, and having cut themselves, with offerings and incense in their hand, to bring <i>them</i> to the house of the LORD.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/47-5.htm">Jeremiah 47:5</a></b></br> Baldness is come upon Gaza; Ashkelon is cut off <i>with</i> the remnant of their valley: how long wilt thou cut thyself?</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/3-17.htm">Bald</a> <a href="/jeremiah/16-4.htm">Bodies</a> <a href="/jeremiah/16-4.htm">Buried</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-19.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-3.htm">Cutting</a> <a href="/jeremiah/16-4.htm">Death</a> <a href="/jeremiah/16-4.htm">Die</a> <a href="/hosea/7-14.htm">Gash</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-17.htm">Great</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-26.htm">Hair</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-4.htm">Head</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-6.htm">High</a> <a href="/jeremiah/16-5.htm">Lament</a> <a href="/jeremiah/16-4.htm">Mourned</a> <a href="/jeremiah/16-4.htm">Overtake</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-2.htm">Resting-Place</a> <a href="/isaiah/7-20.htm">Shave</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-24.htm">Small</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-13.htm">Themselves</a> <a href="/jeremiah/16-5.htm">Weeping</a> <a href="/proverbs/26-10.htm">Wounding</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/48-37.htm">Bald</a> <a href="/jeremiah/16-18.htm">Bodies</a> <a href="/jeremiah/20-6.htm">Buried</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-1.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/jeremiah/24-9.htm">Cutting</a> <a href="/jeremiah/18-21.htm">Death</a> <a href="/jeremiah/20-6.htm">Die</a> <a href="/jeremiah/47-5.htm">Gash</a> <a href="/jeremiah/16-10.htm">Great</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-23.htm">Hair</a> <a href="/jeremiah/18-16.htm">Head</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-2.htm">High</a> <a href="/jeremiah/22-18.htm">Lament</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-10.htm">Mourned</a> <a href="/jeremiah/28-16.htm">Overtake</a> <a href="/jeremiah/20-17.htm">Resting-Place</a> <a href="/jeremiah/47-5.htm">Shave</a> <a href="/jeremiah/30-19.htm">Small</a> <a href="/jeremiah/16-7.htm">Themselves</a> <a href="/jeremiah/22-10.htm">Weeping</a> <a href="/jeremiah/47-5.htm">Wounding</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 16</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/16-1.htm">The prophet, under the types of abstaining from marriage, </a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/16-8.htm">from houses of mourning and feasting, foreshows the utter ruin of the Jews;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/16-10.htm">because they were worse than their fathers.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/16-14.htm">Their return from captivity shall be stranger than their deliverance out of Egypt.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/16-16.htm">God will doubly recompense their idolatry.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In the context of Jeremiah's prophecy, this reflects the impending Babylonian invasion and the resulting devastation. The universality of the judgment underscores the severity of Israel's sin and the impartiality of God's justice. This echoes the theme found in other scriptures, such as <a href="/ezekiel/9-6.htm">Ezekiel 9:6</a>, where judgment begins at the sanctuary and affects all people regardless of status.<p><b>They will not be buried or mourned,</b><br>The lack of burial and mourning rites signifies extreme dishonor and disgrace, as proper burial was a significant cultural and religious practice in ancient Israel. This reflects the chaos and desolation that will accompany the Babylonian conquest, where the dead will be so numerous that traditional mourning practices will be impossible. This is reminiscent of the curses outlined in <a href="/deuteronomy/28-26.htm">Deuteronomy 28:26</a>, where disobedience leads to bodies being left unburied.<p><b>nor will anyone cut himself or shave his head for them.</b><br>Cutting oneself and shaving the head were traditional mourning practices in the ancient Near East, often associated with expressing deep grief. The prohibition or absence of these acts in this context highlights the totality of the calamity and the breakdown of societal norms. It also reflects God's command against pagan mourning practices, as seen in <a href="/leviticus/19-28.htm">Leviticus 19:28</a> and <a href="/deuteronomy/14.htm">Deuteronomy 14:1</a>, emphasizing a return to covenant faithfulness.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a></b><br>A prophet called by God to deliver messages of judgment and hope to the people of Judah. His ministry spanned the reigns of several kings and was marked by warnings of impending disaster due to the people's unfaithfulness.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a></b><br>The southern kingdom of Israel, which was facing imminent judgment and exile due to its persistent idolatry and disobedience to God.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_people_of_judah.htm">The People of Judah</a></b><br>The recipients of Jeremiah's prophecies, who were being warned of the consequences of their actions, including the lack of traditional mourning practices.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/m/mourning_practices.htm">Mourning Practices</a></b><br>Cultural expressions of grief, such as cutting oneself or shaving one's head, which were common in ancient Near Eastern societies, including among the Israelites.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/d/divine_judgment.htm">Divine Judgment</a></b><br>The event of God's impending punishment on Judah for their sins, as foretold by Jeremiah, which would result in widespread death and the absence of customary mourning rituals.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_god's_judgment.htm">Understanding God's Judgment</a></b><br>Recognize that God's judgment is a response to persistent sin and rebellion. It serves as a call to repentance and a reminder of His holiness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/cultural_practices_and_god's_commands.htm">Cultural Practices and God's Commands</a></b><br>Reflect on how cultural practices can sometimes conflict with God's commands. As believers, we are called to align our lives with God's Word, even when it challenges societal norms.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_reality_of_consequences.htm">The Reality of Consequences</a></b><br>Acknowledge that actions have consequences. The absence of mourning in <a href="/jeremiah/16-6.htm">Jeremiah 16:6</a> underscores the severity of God's judgment and the reality of sin's impact.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_beyond_judgment.htm">Hope Beyond Judgment</a></b><br>While Jeremiah's message is one of judgment, it also points to the hope of restoration. God's ultimate desire is for His people to return to Him and experience His grace.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/living_with_an_eternal_perspective.htm">Living with an Eternal Perspective</a></b><br>Consider how the temporary nature of life and the certainty of God's judgment should influence our daily decisions and priorities.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jeremiah_16.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 16</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_are_god's_promises.htm">What are God's promises?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_god_forbid_intercession_here.htm">Jeremiah 14:11-12: Why would God forbid prayers of intercession, when other biblical passages encourage praying for others?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_is_the_second_exodus_rarely_recorded.htm">Why is the second exodus from 'the land of the north' in Jeremiah 16:14-15 rarely mentioned in historical records or archaeological findings compared to the first Exodus?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_do_the_wicked_prosper_if_god_is_just.htm">If God is righteous (Jeremiah 12:1), why do the wicked prosper unchecked?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jeremiah/16.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(6) <span class= "bld">Nor cut themselves, nor make themselves</span> <span class= "bld">bald.</span>--Both practices were forbidden by the Law (<a href="/leviticus/19-28.htm" title="You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks on you: I am the LORD.">Leviticus 19:28</a>; <a href="/leviticus/21-5.htm" title="They shall not make baldness on their head, neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh.">Leviticus 21:5</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/14-1.htm" title="You are the children of the LORD your God: you shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.">Deuteronomy 14:1</a>), probably in order to draw a line of demarcation between Israel and the nations round, among whom such practices prevailed (<a href="/1_kings/18-28.htm" title="And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lancets, till the blood gushed out on them.">1Kings 18:28</a>). Both, however, seem to have been common, and probably had gained in frequency under Ahaz and Manasseh (<a href="/jeremiah/7-29.htm" title="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.">Jeremiah 7:29</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/41-5.htm" title="That there came certain from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, even fourscore men, having their beards shaven, and their clothes rent, and having cut themselves, with offerings and incense in their hand, to bring them to the house of the LORD.">Jeremiah 41:5</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/7-18.htm" title="They shall also gird themselves with sackcloth, and horror shall cover them; and shame shall be on all faces, and baldness on all their heads.">Ezekiel 7:18</a>; <a href="/amos/8-10.htm" title="And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth on all loins, and baldness on every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day.">Amos 8:10</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>). The "baldness" (<span class= "ital">i.e., </span>shaving the crown of the head) seems to have been the more common of the two. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/16.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 6.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald</span>. Both practices are forbidden in the Law (<a href="/deuteronomy/14-1.htm">Deuteronomy 14:1</a>; <a href="/leviticus/19-28.htm">Leviticus 19:28</a>; <a href="/leviticus/21-5.htm">Leviticus 21:5</a>), but the prohibition was at any rate unknown to the masses (see, for the former, <a href="/jeremiah/41-5.htm">Jeremiah 41:5</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/47-5.htm">Jeremiah 47:5</a>; and for the latter, <a href="/jeremiah/47-5.htm">Jeremiah 47:5</a>; <a href="/isaiah/22-12.htm">Isaiah 22:12</a>, "The Lord Jehovah called... to baldness;" <a href="/amos/8-10.htm">Amos 8:10</a>; <a href="/micah/1-16.htm">Micah 1:16</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/7-18.htm">Ezekiel 7:18</a>). St. Jerome remarks, and incidentally gives a valuable evidence of the tenacity of primitive customs, "Mos hic fuit apud veteres, et usque hodie in quibusdam permanet Judaerum, ut in luctibus incidant lacertos," etc. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/16-6.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Both great</span><br /><span class="heb">גְדֹלִ֧ים</span> <span class="translit">(ḡə·ḏō·lîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1419.htm">Strong's 1419: </a> </span><span class="str2">Great, older, insolent</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and small</span><br /><span class="heb">וּקְטַנִּ֛ים</span> <span class="translit">(ū·qə·ṭan·nîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6996.htm">Strong's 6996: </a> </span><span class="str2">Small, young, unimportant</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will die</span><br /><span class="heb">וּמֵ֨תוּ</span> <span class="translit">(ū·mê·ṯū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4191.htm">Strong's 4191: </a> </span><span class="str2">To die, to kill</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in this</span><br /><span class="heb">הַזֹּ֖את</span> <span class="translit">(haz·zōṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Pronoun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2063.htm">Strong's 2063: </a> </span><span class="str2">Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that, </span><br /><br /><span class="word">land.</span><br /><span class="heb">בָּאָ֥רֶץ</span> <span class="translit">(bā·’ā·reṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> </span><span class="str2">Earth, land</span><br /><br /><span class="word">They will not</span><br /><span class="heb">לֹ֣א</span> <span class="translit">(lō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">be buried</span><br /><span class="heb">יִקָּבֵ֑רוּ</span> <span class="translit">(yiq·qā·ḇê·rū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6912.htm">Strong's 6912: </a> </span><span class="str2">To inter</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[or]</span><br /><span class="heb">וְלֹֽא־</span> <span class="translit">(wə·lō-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">mourned,</span><br /><span class="heb">יִסְפְּד֣וּ</span> <span class="translit">(yis·pə·ḏū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5594.htm">Strong's 5594: </a> </span><span class="str2">To tear the hair and beat the breasts, to lament, to wail</span><br /><br /><span class="word">nor</span><br /><span class="heb">וְלֹ֣א</span> <span class="translit">(wə·lō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will anyone cut</span><br /><span class="heb">יִתְגֹּדַ֔ד</span> <span class="translit">(yiṯ·gō·ḏaḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1413.htm">Strong's 1413: </a> </span><span class="str2">To crowd, to gash</span><br /><br /><span class="word">himself or shave his head</span><br /><span class="heb">יִקָּרֵ֖חַ</span> <span class="translit">(yiq·qā·rê·aḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7139.htm">Strong's 7139: </a> </span><span class="str2">To make bald</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for them.</span><br /><span class="heb">לָהֶֽם׃</span> <span class="translit">(lā·hem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Pronoun - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1992.htm">Strong's 1992: </a> </span><span class="str2">They</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/16-6.htm">Jeremiah 16:6 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/16-6.htm">Jeremiah 16:6 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/jeremiah/16-6.htm">Jeremiah 16:6 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/16-6.htm">Jeremiah 16:6 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/16-6.htm">Jeremiah 16:6 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/16-6.htm">Jeremiah 16:6 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/16-6.htm">Jeremiah 16:6 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/16-6.htm">Jeremiah 16:6 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/16-6.htm">Jeremiah 16:6 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/jeremiah/16-6.htm">Jeremiah 16:6 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/jeremiah/16-6.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 16:6 Both great and small shall die (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/16-5.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 16:5"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 16:5" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/16-7.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 16:7"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 16:7" /></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>