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Both great men and small will die in this land; they will not be buried, nor will they be lamented (mourned over with expressions of grief in death), nor will anyone cut himself or shave his head for them [in mourning]. People will not offer food to the mourners, to comfort anyone [as they grieve] for the dead, nor give them a cup of consolation to drink for anyone’s father or mother. And you [Jeremiah] shall not go into a house of feasting to sit with them to eat and drink.”

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“Both high and low will die in this land.(A) They will not be buried or mourned,(B) and no one will cut(C) themselves or shave(D) their head for the dead. No one will offer food(E) to comfort those who mourn(F) for the dead—not even for a father or a mother—nor will anyone give them a drink to console(G) them.

“And do not enter a house where there is feasting and sit down to eat and drink.(H)

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