²⁸ They shouted loudly, and cut themselves^(A) with knives and spears, according to their custom, until blood gushed over them.

⁶ Both great and small will die in this land without burial. No lament will be made for them, nor will anyone cut himself or^(A) shave his head for them.^[a]

⁵ 80 men came from Shechem, Shiloh,^(A) and Samaria^(B) who had shaved their beards,^(C) torn their garments, and gashed themselves, and who were carrying grain and incense offerings to bring to the temple of the Lord.^(D)

³⁷ Indeed, every head is bald and every beard clipped;^(A) on every hand is a gash and sackcloth around the waist.