So Hanun took David's servants and shaved them and cut off their garments in the middle, at their hips, and sent them away;

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10 When the time came, he sent a servant[a] to the tenants, so that (A)they would give him some of the fruit of the vineyard. (B)But the tenants beat him and sent him away empty-handed. 11 (C)And (D)he sent another servant. But they also beat and (E)treated him shamefully, and sent him away empty-handed.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 20:10 Or bondservant; also verse 11

37 (A)“For every head is shaved and every beard cut off. (B)On all the hands are gashes, and (C)around the waist is sackcloth.

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eighty men arrived from (A)Shechem and (B)Shiloh and (C)Samaria, with (D)their beards shaved and (E)their clothes torn, and (F)their bodies gashed, (G)bringing grain offerings and incense to present at the temple of the Lord.

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Take the millstones and (A)grind flour,
    (B)put off your veil,
strip off your robe, uncover your legs,
    pass through the rivers.
Your nakedness shall be uncovered,
    and your disgrace shall be seen.
I will take vengeance,
    and I will spare no one.

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so shall the (A)king of Assyria lead away the Egyptian captives and the Cushite exiles, both the young and the old, naked and barefoot, with buttocks uncovered, the nakedness of Egypt.

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He has gone up to the temple,[a] and to (A)Dibon,
    to the high places[b] to weep;
over (B)Nebo and over (C)Medeba
    Moab (D)wails.
On every head is (E)baldness;
    every beard is shorn;

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 15:2 Hebrew the house
  2. Isaiah 15:2 Or temple, even Dibon to the high places

In return for my love they (A)accuse me,
    but I (B)give myself to prayer.[a]
So they (C)reward me evil for good,
    and hatred for my love.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 109:4 Hebrew but I am prayer

12 (A)They repay me evil for good;
    my soul is bereft.[a]

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  1. Psalm 35:12 Hebrew it is bereavement to my soul

16 (A)But they kept mocking the messengers of God, (B)despising his words and scoffing at his prophets, (C)until the wrath of the Lord rose against his people, until there was no remedy.

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So Hanun took David's servants and shaved off half the beard of each and cut off their garments in the middle, (A)at their hips, and sent them away. When it was told David, he sent to meet them, for the men were greatly ashamed. And the king said, “Remain at Jericho until your beards have grown and then return.”

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27 (A)You shall not round off the hair on your temples or mar the edges of your beard.

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