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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)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.
• 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.

Context of Jeremiah 16:6

4“They will die of deadly diseases, they will not be lamented or buried; they will be as dung on the surface of the ground and come to an end by sword and famine, and their carcasses will become food for the birds of the sky and for the beasts of the earth.” 5For thus says the Lord, “Do not enter a house of mourning, or go to lament or to console them; for I have withdrawn My peace from this people,” declares the Lord, “My lovingkindness and compassion. Both great men and small will die in this land; they will not be buried, they will not be lamented, nor will anyone gash himself or shave his head for them. 7Men will not break bread in mourning for them, to comfort anyone for the dead, nor give them a cup of consolation to drink for anyone’s father or mother. 8Moreover you shall not go into a 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

• greatגָּדוֹלgâdôl gâdôl · great: largeH1419
• menגָּדוֹלgâdôl gâdôl · great: largeH1419
• and smallקָטָןqâţân qâţôn · smallH6996
• will dieמוּתmûth · to dieH4191
• in thisזֶהzeh · thisH2088
• landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• they will not be buriedקָבַרqâbar · to buryH6912
• they will not be lamentedסָפַדsâphad · to mournH5594
• norלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
• gashגָּדַדgâdad · to cutH1413
• shaveקָרַחqârach · to make baldH7139

Cross-references for Jeremiah 16:6

• Jeremiah 13:13then say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord, “Behold I am about to fill all the inhabitants of this land--the kings that sit for David on his throne, the priests, the prophets and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem--with drunkenness!
• Isaiah 9:14So the Lord cuts off head and tail from Israel, Both palm branch and bulrush in a single day.
• Isaiah 24:2And the people will be like the priest, the servant like his master, the maid like her mistress, the buyer like the seller, the lender like the borrower, the creditor like the debtor.
• Ezekiel 9:5But to the others He said in my hearing, “Go through the city after him and strike; do not let your eye have pity and do not spare.
• Amos 6:11For behold, the Lord is going to command that the great house be smashed to pieces and the small house to fragments.
• Revelation 6:15Then the kings of the earth and the great men and the commanders and the rich and the strong and every slave and free man hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains;
• Revelation 20:12And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and books were opened; and another book was opened, which is the book of life; and the dead were judged from the things which were written in the books, according to their deeds.
• Jeremiah 16:4“They will die of deadly diseases, they will not be lamented or buried; they will be as dung on the surface of the ground and come to an end by sword and famine, and their carcasses will become food for the birds of the sky and for the beasts of the earth.”
• Jeremiah 22:18Therefore thus says the Lord in regard to Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, “They will not lament for him: ‘Alas, my brother!’ or, ‘Alas, sister!’ They will not lament for him: ‘Alas for the master!’ or, ‘Alas for his splendor!’
• Jeremiah 7:29Cut off your hair and cast it away, And take up a lamentation on the bare heights; For the Lord has rejected and forsaken The generation of His wrath.’
• Jeremiah 41:5that eighty men came from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria with their beards shaved off and their clothes torn and their bodies gashed, having grain offerings and incense in their hands to bring to the house of the Lord.
• Jeremiah 47:5Baldness has come upon Gaza; Ashkelon has been ruined. O remnant of their valley, How long will you gash yourself?
• Jeremiah 48:37For every head is bald and every beard cut short; there are gashes on all the hands and sackcloth on the loins.
• Leviticus 19:28You shall not make any cuts in your body for the dead nor make any tattoo marks on yourselves: I am the Lord.
• Deuteronomy 14:1“You are the sons of the Lord your God; you shall not cut yourselves nor shave your forehead for the sake of the dead.
• Isaiah 22:12Therefore in that day the Lord God of hosts called you to weeping, to wailing, To shaving the head and to 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