Jeremiah 48:37

37 "For ¹every head is bald and every beard cut short; there are gashes on all the hands and ²sackcloth on the loins.

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Jeremiah 48:37 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 48:37

For every head [shall be] bald, and every beard clipped
Men, in times of mourning, used to pluck off the hairs of their head till they made them bald, and shaved their beards; which, as Kimchi says, were the glory of their faces; see ( Isaiah 15:2 ) ; upon all the hands shall be cuttings:
it was usual with the Heathens to make incisions in the several parts of their bodies, particularly in their hands and arms, with their nails, or with knives, in token of mourning; which are forbidden the Israelites, ( Deuteronomy 14:1 ) ; and upon the loins sackcloth;
this is a well known custom for mourners, to put off their clothes, and put on sackcloth; all these things are mentioned, to show how great was the mourning of Moab for the calamities of it.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Jeremiah 48:37 In-Context

35 "I will make an end of Moab," declares the LORD , "the one who offers sacrifice on the high place and the one who burns incense to his gods.

36 "Therefore My heart wails for Moab like flutes; My heart also wails like flutes for the men of Kir-heres. Therefore they have lost the abundance it produced.

37 "For every head is bald and every beard cut short; there are gashes on all the hands and sackcloth on the loins.

38 "On all the housetops of Moab and in its streets there is lamentation everywhere; for I have broken Moab like an undesirable vessel," declares the LORD .

39 "How shattered it is! How they have wailed! How Moab has turned his back -he is ashamed! So Moab will become a laughingstock and an object of terror to all around him."

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1. Isaiah 15:2; Jeremiah 16:6; Jeremiah 41:5; Jeremiah 47:5
2. Genesis 37:34; Isaiah 15:3; Isaiah 20:2

Jeremiah 48:37

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Jeremiah 48:37 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 48:37 In-Context

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