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Jeremiah 16:6

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16:6Rich 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.6

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  1. 6 These were apparently pagan customs associated with mourning (Isa 15:2; Jer 47:5) which were forbidden in Israel (Lev 19:8; 21:5) but apparently practiced anyway (Jer 41:5).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

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.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“Both high and low will die in this land. They will not be buried or mourned, and no one will cut themselves or shave their head for the dead.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

“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.

NLTNew Living Translation

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.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Both the great and small will die in this land. They will not be buried, and they will not mourn for them, and no one will cut himself with a blade, and no one will shave himself for them.

KJV 1900King James Version

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: