Jeremiah 7:29

Cut thou off thy crown of hair [O Jerusalem], and cast it away, And lift thou up on the bare heights, a dirge,—For Yahweh hath rejected and cast out the generation with which he was wroth.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

Cut off thine hair, O Jerusalem, and cast it away, and take up a lamentation on high places; for the LORD hath rejected and forsaken the generation of his wrath.

In Context

28But thou shalt say unto them,—This, is the nation that hearkened not unto the voice of Yahweh its God, Neither accepted they correction,—Perished is fidelity, And is cut off out of their mouth.

30For the sons of Judah, have done, that which was wicked in mine eyes, Declareth Yahweh,—They have set their abominations in the house whereon my Name hath been called to defile it;

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:5They have broken faith with him to be no sons of his—their fault,—A generation twisted and crooked.

Job 1:20Then Job arose, and rent his robe, and shaved his head, and fell to the earth and worshipped;

Jeremiah 6:30Rejected silver, are they called, For, Yahweh, hath rejected them.

Jeremiah 9:17Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts, Consider ye diligently and call for the wailing women that they may come,—And unto the wise women, send ye, that they may come;

Jeremiah 16:6So shall great and small die in this land, They shall not be buried,—Neither shall men lament for them Nor cut themselves, Nor make themselves bald for them;

Jeremiah 48:37For, every head, is baldness, And every beard, clipped: Upon all hands, are gashes, And upon the loins, sackcloth

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 7:22-29

Obedience Better than Sacrifice. ( b. c. 606.) 21 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Put your burnt offerings unto your sacrifices, and eat flesh. 22 For I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices: 23 But this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people: and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well unto you. 24 But… Read the whole commentary →

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