Jeremiah 16:6

"For the LORD says, “Don’t enter into the house of mourning. Don’t go to lament. Don’t bemoan them, for I have taken away my peace from this people,” says the LORD, “even loving kindness and tender mercies."

Key Reflection

This passage suggests that God's judgment has led to a time of national mourning where grief is not merely a response to loss but a reflection of divine disfavor. By withholding peace, lovingkindness, and tender mercies, God indicates that the people are experiencing consequences for their actions, emphasizing the severity of their sin and the absence of divine favor in their midst.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Cut themselves ... make themselves bald -Both these practices were strictly forbidden in the Law (marginal references) probably as being pagan customs, but they seem to have remained in common use. By “making bald” is meant shaving a bare patch on the front of the head.

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