Jeremiah 7:29
7:29 So, mourn,
you people of this nation.
Cut off your hair and throw it away. Sing a song of mourning on the hilltops. For the
Lord has decided to reject
and forsake this generation that has provoked his wrath!’”
Jeremiah 41:5
41:5 eighty men arrived from Shechem, Shiloh, and Samaria.
They had shaved off their beards, torn their clothes, and cut themselves to show they were mourning.
They were carrying grain offerings and incense to present at the temple of the
Lord in Jerusalem.
Jeremiah 47:5
47:5 The people of Gaza will shave their heads in mourning.
The people of Ashkelon will be struck dumb.
How long will you gash yourselves to show your sorrow,
you who remain of Philistia’s power?
Jeremiah 48:37
48:37 For all of them will shave their heads in mourning.
They will all cut off their beards to show their sorrow.
They will all make gashes in their hands.
They will all put on sackcloth.
Leviticus 19:28
19:28 You must not slash your body for a dead person
or incise a tattoo on yourself.
I am the
Lord.
Deuteronomy 14:1
The Holy and the Profane
14:1 You are children of the Lord your God. Do not cut yourselves or shave your forehead bald for the sake of the dead.
Isaiah 22:12
22:12 At that time the sovereign master, the Lord who commands armies, called for weeping and mourning,
for shaved heads and sackcloth.