Jeremiah 16:6

Jeremiah 16:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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:
• New International Version (NIV)“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.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Both the great and the small shall die in this land. They shall not be buried; neither shall men lament for them, cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them.
• New Living Translation (NLT)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.

Context of Jeremiah 16:6

4They shall die of deadly diseases. They shall not be lamented, nor shall they be buried. They shall be as dung on the surface of the ground. They shall perish by the sword and by famine, and their dead bodies shall be food for the birds of the air and for the beasts of the earth. 5"For thus says the Lord: Do not enter the house of mourning, or go to lament or grieve for them, for I have taken away my peace from this people, my steadfast love and mercy, declares the Lord. 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. 7No one shall break bread for the mourner, to comfort him for the dead, nor shall anyone give him the cup of consolation to drink for his father or his mother. 8You shall not go into the house of feasting to sit with them, to eat and drink.

Jeremiah 16:6 word by word

וּמֵ֨תוּ גְדֹלִ֧ים וּקְטַנִּ֛ים בָּאָ֥רֶץ הַזֹּ֖את לֹ֣א יִקָּבֵ֑רוּ וְלֹֽא־יִסְפְּד֣וּ לָהֶ֔ם וְלֹ֣א יִתְגֹּדַ֔ד וְלֹ֥א יִקָּרֵ֖חַ לָהֶֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Both the greatגָּדוֹלgâdôl gâdôl · great: largeH1419
• and the smallקָטָןqâţân qâţôn · smallH6996
• shall dieמוּתmûth · to dieH4191
• in this landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• they shall not be buriedקָבַרqâbar · to buryH6912
• lamentסָפַדsâphad · to mournH5594
• for them, nor cutגָּדַדgâdad · to cutH1413
• themselves, nor make themselves baldקָרַחqârach · to make baldH7139

Cross-references for Jeremiah 16:6

• Jeremiah 13:13Then you shall say to them, 'Thus says the Lord: Behold, I will fill with drunkenness all the inhabitants of this land: the kings who sit on David's throne, the priests, the prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
• Isaiah 9:14So the Lord cut off from Israel head and tail, palm branch and reed in one day—
• Isaiah 24:2And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the slave, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the creditor, so with the debtor.
• Ezekiel 9:5And to the others he said in my hearing, "Pass through the city after him, and strike. Your eye shall not spare, and you shall show no pity.
• Amos 6:11For behold, the Lord commands, and the great house shall be struck down into fragments, and the little house into bits.
• Revelation 6:15Then the kings of the earth and the great ones and the generals and the rich and the powerful, and everyone, slave and free, hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains,
• Revelation 20:12And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Then another book was opened, which is the book of life. And the dead were judged by what was written in the books, according to what they had done.
• Jeremiah 16:4They shall die of deadly diseases. They shall not be lamented, nor shall they be buried. They shall be as dung on the surface of the ground. They shall perish by the sword and by famine, and their dead bodies shall be food for the birds of the air and for the beasts of the earth.
• Jeremiah 22:18Therefore thus says the Lord concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah: "They shall not lament for him, saying, 'Ah, my brother!' or 'Ah, sister!' They shall not lament for him, saying, 'Ah, lord!' or 'Ah, his majesty!'
• Jeremiah 7:29"'Cut off your hair and cast it away; raise a lamentation on the bare heights, for the Lord has rejected and forsaken the generation of his wrath.'
• Jeremiah 41:5eighty men arrived from Shechem and Shiloh and Samaria, with their beards shaved and their clothes torn, and their bodies gashed, bringing grain offerings and incense to present at the temple of the Lord.
• Jeremiah 47:5Baldness has come upon Gaza; Ashkelon has perished. O remnant of their valley, how long will you gash yourselves?
• Jeremiah 48:37"For every head is shaved and every beard cut off. On all the hands are gashes, and around the waist is sackcloth.
• Leviticus 19:28You shall not make any cuts on your body for the dead or tattoo yourselves: I am the Lord.
• Deuteronomy 14:1"You are the sons of the Lord your God. You shall not cut yourselves or make any baldness on your foreheads for the dead.
• Isaiah 22:12In that day the Lord God of hosts called for weeping and mourning, for baldness and wearing sackcloth;

Commentaries on Jeremiah 16:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6Nor cut themselves - A custom of the heathen forbidden to the Jews, Leviticus 19:28; Deuteronomy 14:1, and which appears now to have prevailed among them; because, having become idolaters, they conformed to all the customs of the heathen. They tore their hair, rent their garments, cut their hands, arms, and faces. These were not only signs of sorrow but were even supposed to give ease to the dead, and appease the angry deities. The Hindoos, on the death…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6Cut themselves … make themselves bald - Both these practices were strictly forbidden in the Law (marginal references) probably as being pagan customs, but they seem to have remained in common use. By “making bald” is meant shaving a bare patch on the front of the head.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-7The ban on funerals and mourning was a lesson for the people of Judah. The destruction would be so vast that no one could mourn properly or comfort others.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. cut themselves--indicating extravagant grief (Jr 41:5; 47:5), prohibited by the law (Le 19:28). bald--(Jr 7:29; Is 22:12).Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 16:6

• Baldness
• Cutting
• Mourning

In the dictionaries

• Baldness
• Cutting
• Mourn
• Cut; Cutting
• Cuttings [in the Flesh]
• Mourning

Commentaries on Jeremiah 16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings