Tree of Life Version
Jeremiah 16:6
6Both great and small will die in this land; they will not be buried; neither will anyone lament for them, or cut themselves or shave his head for them.
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
4They will die of deadly diseases. They will not be lamented or buried, but will be like dung on the surface of the ground. They will be consumed by the sword and famine, and their carcasses will be food for the birds of the sky and the beasts of the earth. 5For thus says Adonai: “Do not enter a house of mourning, neither go to lament nor bemoan them. For I have taken away My shalom from this people”—it is a declaration of Adonai—“as well as My mercy and compassion. Both great and small will die in this land; they will not be buried; neither will anyone lament for them, or cut themselves or shave his head for them. 7No one will break bread for them in mourning, to give comfort for the dead. Nor will anyone offer a cup of consolation to drink for anyone’s father or for his mother. 8“You must not go into the house of feasting to sit with them, to eat and to drink”
Read all of Jeremiah 16Jeremiah 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 will say to them, thus says Adonai, ‘I am about to fill all the inhabitants of this land—even the kings who sit on David’s throne, the kohanim, the prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem—with drunkenness.
- Isaiah 9:14The elder and the man of rank— he is the head. The prophet who teaches falsehood— he is the tail.
- Isaiah 24:2So it shall be: as with the people, so with the kohen, as with a servant, so with his master, as with a maid, so with her mistress, as with a buyer, so with the seller, as with a lender, so with the borrower, as with a creditor, so with the debtor.
- Ezekiel 9:5To the others He said in my hearing: “Go through the city after him and strike. Show no pity or compassion;
- Amos 6:11For behold, Adonai will command, He will smash the big house to fragments and the little house to splinters.
- Revelation 6:15Then the kings of the earth and the great men and the military commanders and the rich and the mighty and everyone—slave and free—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. The books were opened, and another book was opened—the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to what was written in the books, according to their deeds.
- Jeremiah 16:4They will die of deadly diseases. They will not be lamented or buried, but will be like dung on the surface of the ground. They will be consumed by the sword and famine, and their carcasses will be food for the birds of the sky and the beasts of the earth.
- Jeremiah 22:18Therefore thus says Adonai about Jehoiakim son of King Josiah of Judah: “They will not lament for him, ‘Oy , my brother!’ or ‘Oy , sister!’ They will not lament for him, ‘Oy , master!’ or ‘Oy , his majesty!’
- Jeremiah 7:29Cut off your hair and throw it away and take up a lamentation on the barren hills. For Adonai has spurned and cast off the generation of His wrath.”
- Jeremiah 41:5that 80 men came from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, with their beards shaved off, their clothes rent, and having gashed themselves, with grain offerings and frankincense in their hand to bring to the House of Adonai.
- Jeremiah 47:5Baldness has come upon Gaza, Ashkelon is ruined. O remnant of their valley, how long will you gash yourself?
- Jeremiah 48:37For every head is bald, every beard clipped, on all the hands are gashes, and around the waist sackcloth.
- Leviticus 19:28You are not to make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead or make any tattoo marks upon yourself. I am Adonai.
- Deuteronomy 14:1“You are the children of Adonai your God. You are not to cut yourselves or shave your forehead for the dead.
- Isaiah 22:12Now in that day, Adonai Elohei-Tzva’ot will call for weeping and wailing, for baldness and putting on 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
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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
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