⁵ So this is what the Lord says [^Caddressed to Jeremiah]: “Do not go into a house where there is a funeral ·meal [feast; ^Ca pagan mourning festival; Amos 6:7]. Do not go there to ·cry for the dead [lament] or to ·show your sorrow for [bemoan] them, because I have taken back my ·blessing [peace; welfare], my ·love [loyalty], and my ·pity [compassion] from these people,” says the Lord. ⁶ “·Important people and common people [^LGreat and small] will die in this land [^Cof Judah]. No one will bury them or ·cry [lament] for them or ·cut [gash] himself or shave his head for them [^Cpagan rituals of mourning; Lev. 19:27–28; 21:5; Deut. 14:1]. ⁷ No one will ·bring food [break bread; ^Lbreak] to comfort those who are crying for the dead. No one will offer a ·drink [^Lcup] to comfort someone whose mother or father has died.