⁵ For thus says the Lord: ^(A)“Do not enter the house of mourning, nor go to lament or bemoan them; for I have taken away My peace from this people,” says the Lord, “lovingkindness and mercies. ⁶ Both the great and the small shall die in this land. They shall not be buried; ^(B)neither shall men lament for them, ^(C)cut themselves, nor ^(D)make themselves bald for them. ⁷ Nor shall men break bread in mourning for them, to comfort them for the dead; nor shall men give them the cup of consolation to ^(E)drink for their father or their mother.