KJV 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.
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Jeremiah 7:29
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Cut off your hair and throw it away. Raise up a lamentation on the barren heights, for the LORD has rejected and forsaken the generation of His wrath.’
WEB World English Bible
Cut off your hair, and throw it away, and take up a lamentation on the bare heights; for Yahweh has rejected and forsaken the generation of his wrath.
ASV American Standard Version
Cut off thy hair, O Jerusalem, and cast it away, and take up a lamentation on the bare heights; for Jehovah hath rejected and forsaken the generation of his wrath.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Cut off thy crown, and cast it away, And lift up on high places lamentation, For Jehovah hath rejected, And He leaveth the generation of His wrath.
Surrounding context — Jeremiah 7
26 Yet they hearkened not unto me, nor inclined their ear, but hardened their neck: they did worse than their fathers.
27 Therefore thou shalt speak all these words unto them; but they will not hearken to thee: thou shalt also call unto them; but they will not answer thee.
28 But thou shalt say unto them, This [is] a nation that obeyeth not the voice of the LORD their God, nor receiveth correction: truth is perished, and is cut off from their mouth.
29 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.
30 For the children of Judah have done evil in my sight, saith the LORD: they have set their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to pollute it.
31 And they have built the high places of Tophet, which [is] in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire; which I commanded [them] not, neither came it into my heart.
32 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that it shall no more be called Tophet, nor the valley of the son of Hinnom, but the valley of slaughter: for they shall bury in Tophet, till there be no place.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
גָּזִּ֤יH1494 · ga.zazto shearנִזְרֵךְ֙H5145 · ne.zerconsecration: Nazirite vowוְֽהַשְׁלִ֔יכִיH7993 · sha.lakhto throwוּשְׂאִ֥יH5375 · na.sato lift: raiseעַל־H5921 · aluponשְׁפָיִ֖םH8205 · she.phibarenessקִינָ֑הH7015 · qi.nahdirgeכִּ֚יH3588 · kiforמָאַ֣סH3988 · ma.asto rejectיְהוָ֔הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDוַיִּטֹּ֖שׁH5203 · na.tashto leaveאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]דּ֥וֹרH1755 · dorgenerationעֶבְרָתֽוֹ׃H5678 · ev.rahfury
Cross-references
Job 1:20Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped,Jeremiah 6:30Reprobate silver shall [men] call them, because the LORD hath rejected them.Micah 1:16Make thee bald, and poll thee for thy delicate children; enlarge thy baldness as the eagle; for they are gone into captivity from thee.Jeremiah 16:6Both 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:Jeremiah 9:17-21Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Consider ye, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for cunning [women], that they may come:Matthew 3:7But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?Matthew 23:36Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation.Zechariah 11:8-9Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul lothed them, and their soul also abhorred me.Matthew 16:4A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas. And he left them, and departed.Acts 2:40And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation.Jeremiah 48:37For every head [shall be] bald, and every beard clipped: upon all the hands [shall be] cuttings, and upon the loins sackcloth.Ezekiel 19:1Moreover take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,Matthew 12:39But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas:Isaiah 15:2-3He is gone up to Bajith, and to Dibon, the high places, to weep: Moab shall howl over Nebo, and over Medeba: on all their heads [shall be] baldness, [and] every beard cut off.Jeremiah 47:5Baldness is come upon Gaza; Ashkelon is cut off [with] the remnant of their valley: how long wilt thou cut thyself?Deuteronomy 32:5They have corrupted themselves, their spot [is] not [the spot] of his children: [they are] a perverse and crooked generation.Ezekiel 28:12Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.2 Kings 17:20And the LORD rejected all the seed of Israel, and afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, until he had cast them out of his sight.
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