They shall die of deaths and diseases: they shall not be lamented, neither shall they be buried, but they shall be as dung upon the earth, and they shall be consumed by the sword, and by famine, and their carcasses shall be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth.

For thus saith the Lord, [a]Enter not into the house of mourning, neither go to lament, nor be moved for them: for I have taken my peace from this people, saith the Lord, even mercy and compassion.

Both the great, and the small shall die in this land: they shall not be buried, neither shall men lament for them, [b]nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 16:5 Signifying, that the affliction should be so great, that one should not have leisure to comfort another.
  2. Jeremiah 16:6 That is, should not rent their clothes in sign of mourning.

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