For every head shall be bald, and every beard clipped: upon all the hands shall be cuttings, and upon the loins sackcloth.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsFor every head is bald, and every beard clipped: upon all the hands are cuttings, and upon the loins sackcloth.
For every head is shaved and every beard is clipped; on every hand is a gash, and around every waist is sackcloth.
For every head is bald, and every beard diminished, On all hands cuttings, and on the loins--sackcloth.
For every head is bald, and every beard clipped; upon all the hands are cuttings, and upon the loins sackcloth.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentJeremiah — The weeping prophet of Judah's final generation — 627 BC call under Josiah to the 586 BC fall of Jerusalem and into Egyptian exile. Fifty-two chapters of lament, confrontation, and covenant promise, with the New Covenant glimpsed at the book's theological apex.
- Author
- Jeremiah, son of Hilkiah, of the priestly family of Anathoth (1:1); Baruch the scribe assisted with dictation (36:4, 45:1)
- Date
- Ministry c. 627–580 BC; book compiled during and after the 586 BC exile