Ezekiel 7:18

18 They dress in rough burlap - sorry scarecrows, Shifty and shamefaced, with their heads shaved bald.

Ezekiel 7:18 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 7:18

They shall also gird [themselves] with sackcloth
As a token of mourning, ( Genesis 37:34 ) ; and horror shall cover them:
either the horror of a guilty conscience, or the perpetual dread and terror of the enemy: and shame [shall be] upon all faces;
because of their sins and transgressions, which they shall now be convinced of; or because of their desolate condition, their sins had brought them into: and baldness upon all their heads;
through the plucking off of the hair of their heads in their distress; for to make baldness as a token of mourning for the dead was forbidden the Jews, ( Deuteronomy 14:1 ) .

Ezekiel 7:18 In-Context

16 Survivors run for the hills. They moan like doves in the valleys, Each one moaning for his own sins.

17 "'Every hand hangs limp, every knee turns to rubber.

18 They dress in rough burlap - sorry scarecrows, Shifty and shamefaced, with their heads shaved bald.

19 "'They throw their money into the gutters. Their hard-earned cash stinks like garbage. They find that it won't buy a thing they either want or need on Judgment Day. They tripped on money and fell into sin.

20 Proud and pretentious with their jewels, they deck out their vile and vulgar no-gods in finery. I'll make those god-obscenities a stench in their nostrils.