Jeremías 48:37

37 Toda cabeza está rapaday toda barba rasurada;en todas las manos hay incisiones,y todos están vestidos de luto.

Jeremías 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.

Jeremías 48:37 In-Context

35 Acabaré con la gente de Moabque ofrece sacrificios en altares paganosy quema incienso a sus dioses—afirma el SEÑOR—.

36 »Por eso, con sonido de flautasgime por Moab mi corazón;con sonido de flautasgime mi corazón por Quir Jeres,porque han desaparecidolas riquezas que acumularon.

37 Toda cabeza está rapaday toda barba rasurada;en todas las manos hay incisiones,y todos están vestidos de luto.

38 Sobre todos los techos de Moab,y por todas sus plazas,solo se escuchan lamentos;porque rompí en pedazos a Moabcomo a una vasija desechada—afirma el SEÑOR—.

39 ¡Cómo quedó hecha pedazos!¡Cómo gimen!Moab ha vuelto la espaldadel todo avergonzada.Es para todos sus vecinosobjeto de burla y de terror».