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When someone dies, don't visit the family or show any sorrow. I will no longer love or bless or have any pity on the people of Judah. Rich and poor alike will die and be left unburied. No one will mourn and show their sorrow by cutting themselves or shaving their heads.[a] No one will bring food and wine to help comfort those who are mourning the death of their father or mother.

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  1. 16.6 mourn and show their sorrow by cutting themselves or shaving their heads: A custom in some Canaanite religions.

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