Jeremiah 16:5-7

New Catholic Bible

⁵ The Lord then continued: Do not enter a house of mourning; do not go there to lament or offer words of comfort. For I have withdrawn my blessing from this people, says the Lord, as well as my love and my mercy. ⁶ Both the powerful and the lowly will perish in this land, without burial or lamentation. There will be no gashing or shaving of the head for them. ^7 [a]No one is to break bread with the mourners to comfort them in their bereavement or offer them the cup of consolation to drink for their father or mother.