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Jeremiah 16:6-8
Contemporary English Version
Jeremiah 16:6-8
Contemporary English Version
6 Rich and poor alike will die and be left unburied. No one will mourn and show their sorrow by cutting themselves or shaving their heads.[a] 7 No one will bring food and wine to help comfort those who are mourning the death of their father or mother.
8 Don't even set foot in a house where there is eating and drinking and celebrating.
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- 16.6 mourn and show their sorrow by cutting themselves or shaving their heads: A custom in some Canaanite religions.
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