OLD TESTAMENT

Jeremiah 48:37

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37

For every head is bald, and every beard clipped. There are cuttings on all the hands, and sackcloth on the waist.

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Verse 37. Shaven, or “clipt,” (Prot. Bible.) as in mourning.—Tied. Hebrew “cut.” Calmet. 16:6. Calmet.—Such signs of mourning were usual in those countries. The Romans let their hair grow. Cic. pro Sestio. Worthington.

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