Jeremiah 16:6

cut themselves... make... bald. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 19:28; Leviticus 21:5.Deuteronomy 14:1; Deuteronomy 14:1). Compare Jeremiah 41:5; Jeremiah 47:5.

Related Commentaries of Jeremiah 16:6

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Cut themselves ... make themselves bald - Both these practices were strictly forbidden in the Law (marginal references) probably as being pagan c...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

Both the great and the small shall die in this land: they shall not be buried, neither shall [men] lament for them, (c) nor cut themselves, nor make...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 16:1 to Jeremiah 17:18 . The Coming Distress a Penalty for Sin. The prophet is forbidden to found a family, because of the coming sorro...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

He pursues the same subject: he says that all would die indiscriminately, the common people as well as the chief men, that none would be exempt...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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 them...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Nor cut themselves— The cutting of their own flesh, as a mark of grief for their deceased friends and relations, though expressly forbidden to the...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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 th...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1-13. Selfdenial and an ascetic, life are to be the prophet's lot.
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Nor cut themselves ] in token of mourning: cp. Jeremiah 47:5 .
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald. — Both practices were forbidden by the Law ( Leviticus 19:28 ; Leviticus 21:5 ; Deuteronomy 14:1 ),...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The controversy was immediately followed by a new charge to the prophet. Jehovah called him to a life of personal asceticism, commanding that he abst...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

I venture to read this precept given to Jeremiah concerning marriage while in Babylon, both with a national and spiritual view. No alliances were to...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Both the great and the small shall die in this land ,.... The nobles as well as the common people, high and low, rich and poor; none shall be exempt...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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 them...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Enter not into the house of mourning Or, of a mourning feast , according to the reading in the margin, the word מרזח, occurring also Amos 6:7 , a...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Prohibitions Given to Jeremiah. B. C. 605. ...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

There shall so many of all ranks and sizes die in this land, that men shall have no time to bury them, or there shall not be enough left living to bu...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah Was Not To Take A Wife Or Have Sons And Daughters, Attend Funerals, Or Participate in Feasting, As A Sign Of The Devastation That Was Comin...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Second Sign: Abstention From Mourning ( Jeremiah 16:5-7 ). The second sign was to be seen as the abstention from mourning and from attendance...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.— 1. Chronology of the Chapter. Chapter s 16 and 17 form one prophecy. The taunt in chap. Jeremiah 17:15 shows that...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 16:2 . Thou shalt not take thee a wife in this place. The prohibition implies the honour of the state of matrimony, because it respects t...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION With this chapter should be taken the first eighteen verses of Jeremiah 17:1-24 . The heading of the Authorized Version well express...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Instruction Of Jehovah
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Both the great and the small shall die in this land, as a result of the withdrawal of His blessing; they shall not be buried, neither shall men lame...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Amos 6:11 ; Deuteronomy 14:1 ; Ezekiel 9:5 ; Ezekiel 9:6 ; Isaiah 22:12 ; Isaiah 24:2 ; Isaiah 9:14-17 ; Jeremiah 13:13 ; Jeremiah 16:4 ; J...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Nor cut — Cutting themselves and cutting off their hair, were Pagan customs, which God forbad his own people; but yet it seemed they practised them...

⁶ 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:

Related Commentaries of Jeremiah 16:6

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Jeremiah 16:6