Jeremiah 48:37
For every head is bald, and every beard clipped. There are cuttings on all the hands, and sackcloth on the waist.
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Cross references
- Genesis 37:34 Jacob tore his clothes, and put sackcloth on his waist, and mourned for his son many days.
- Isaiah 15:2–3 They have gone up to Bayith, and to Dibon, to the high places, to weep. Moab wails over Nebo and over Medeba. Baldness is on all of their heads. Every beard is cut off. In their streets, they clothe themselves in sackcloth. In their streets and on their housetops, everyone wails, weeping abundantly.
- Jeremiah 41:5 men came from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, even eighty men, having their beards shaved and their clothes torn, and having cut themselves, with meal offerings and frankincense in their hand, to bring them to Yahweh’s house.