A Sword against Jerusalem

5 “And you, O mortal, take a sharp sword; use it as a barber’s razor and run it over your head and your beard; then take balances for weighing, and divide the hair.^(A)

²⁰ They shall not shave their heads or let their locks grow long; they shall only trim the hair of their heads.

²⁰ On that day the Lord will shave with a razor hired beyond the River—with the king of Assyria—the head and the hair of the feet, and it will take off the beard as well.^(A)

⁵ They shall not make bald spots upon their heads or shave off the edges of their beards or make any gashes in their flesh.^(A)

²⁷ tekel: you have been weighed on the scales and found wanting;^(A)