⁶ “Both great and small will die in this land without burial. No lament will be made for them, nor will anyone cut himself or^(A) shave his head for them.^[a]

⁷ Food won’t be provided for the mourner^(A) to comfort him because of the dead. A consoling drink won’t be given him for the loss of his father or mother.

⁹ And if there are ten men left in one house, they will die.^(A)

¹⁰ A close relative^[a] and burner^[b](A) will remove his corpse^[c] from the house. He will call to someone in the inner recesses of the house, “Any more with you?”

That person will reply, “None.”

Then he will say, “Silence, because the Lord’s name must not be invoked.”^(B)