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Jeremiah 7:29

Cut off thine hair, O Jerusalem, and cast it away, and take up a lamentation on high places; for the LORD hath rejected and forsaken the generation of his wrath.

KJV

Tonde capillum tuum, et projice, et sume in directum planctum : quia projecit Dominus et reliquit generationem furoris sui ;

Vulgate

Κεῖρε τὴν κεφαλήν σου καὶ ἀπόριπτε, καὶ ἀνάλαβε ἐπὶ χειλέων θρῆνον, ὅτι ἀπεδοκίμασεν Κύριος καὶ ἀπώσατο τὴν γενεὰν τὴν ποιοῦσαν ταῦτα.

LXX

Cut off thy hair, O Jerusalem, and cast it away, and take up a lamentation on the bare heights; for Jehovah hath rejected and forsaken the generation of his wrath.

ASV

גָּזִּ֤י נִזְרֵ/ךְ֙ וְֽ/הַשְׁלִ֔יכִי וּ/שְׂאִ֥י עַל שְׁפָיִ֖ם קִינָ֑ה כִּ֚י מָאַ֣ס יְהוָ֔ה וַ/יִּטֹּ֖שׁ אֶת דּ֥וֹר עֶבְרָתֽ/וֹ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

14 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
גֹזְזִ֖ים
gzzym
verb · 15×
הוּ
hv
verb · 125×
וֹ
v
noun · 25×
וֹ
v
noun · 33×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יִּשְׂא֥וּ
ysh'v
verb · 652×
כֶ֔ם
km
noun · 164×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
מָאָ֔סוּ
m'sv
verb · 76×
נוּ
nv
verb · 39×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
קִינָ֔ה
qynh
noun · 18×
שְׁפָיִים֙
shpyym
noun · 10×

Historic Christian voices

5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

The prophets were sent from one and the same Father from whom the Son was sent. 1. Which [God] the Lord does not reject, nor does He say that the prophets [spoke] from another god than His Father; nor from any other essence, but from one and the same Father; nor that any other being made the things in the world, except His own Father, when He speaks as follows in His teaching: …

Cross-references

  • Amos 5:1 — Hear ye this word which I take up against you, even a lamentation, O house of Israel.
  • Jer 6:30 — Reprobate silver shall men call them, because the LORD hath rejected them.
  • Jer 9:10 — For the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the habitations of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so that none can pass through them; neither can men hear th
  • Jer 16:6 — Both the great and the small shall die in this land: they shall not be buried, neither shall men lament for them, nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them:
  • Job 1:20 — Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped,
  • Mic 1:16 — Make thee bald, and poll thee for thy delicate children; enlarge thy baldness as the eagle; for they are gone into captivity from thee.
  • Mic 1:16 — Make thee bald, and poll thee for thy delicate children; enlarge thy baldness as the eagle; for they are gone into captivity from thee.