Jeremiah 48:37 meaning and explanation
For every head is shaved and every beard is clipped; on every hand is a gash, and around every waist is sackcloth.
Jeremiah 48:37, Berean Standard Bible
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Jeremiah 48 is a prophecy of judgment against Moab, Israel's neighbor east of the Dead Sea, spoken by the prophet in the years before Babylon's armies swept through the region. Verse 37 pictures the nation in mourning: shaved heads and clipped beards, gashes on the hands, and sackcloth around the waist were customary signs of grief in the ancient Near East.
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