Jeremiah 48:37

For all of them will shave their heads in mourning. They will all cut off their beards to show their sorrow. They will all make gashes in their hands. They will all put on sackcloth. ¹ 

Ge 37:29,34; Le 19:28; 1Ki 18:28; 1Ki 21:27; 2Ki 6:30; Isa 3:24; Isa 15:2,3; Isa 20:2; Isa 37:1; Jer 16:6; Jer 41:5; Jer 47:5; Eze 7:18; Eze 27:31; Am 8:10; Mic 1:16; Mr 5:5; Re 11:3

¹ tn Heb “upon every loin [there is] sackcloth.” The word “all” is restored here before “loin” with a number of Hebrew mss and a number of versions. The words “in mourning” and “to show their sorrow” are not in the text. They have been supplied in the translation to give the average reader some idea of the significance of these acts.

sn The actions referred to here were all acts that were used to mourn the dead (cf. Isa 15:2-3).