Jeremiah 48:37
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Jeremiah 48:37 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Jeremiah 48:37 is a verse from the book of Jeremiah in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "For every head shall be bald, and every beard clipped: upon all the hands shall be cuttings, and upon the loins sackclot..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Jeremiah 48:37 — KJV
“For every head shall be bald, and every beard clipped: upon all the hands shall be cuttings, and upon the loins sackcloth. clipped: Heb. diminished”
— Jeremiah 48:37 (KJV)
Jeremiah 48:37 in Context — About the Book of Jeremiah
Jeremiah preached for forty years to a nation that would not listen, weeping as Jerusalem fell. Yet from the rubble come some of Scripture's most hopeful promises: plans to prosper and not harm, a new covenant written on hearts, and a God who invites us to call and see great things.
Cross-References for Jeremiah 48:37
“And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 48:37: every, head, bald
“They shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 48:37: head, bald, beard
“He is gone up to Bajith, and to Dibon, the high places, to weep: Moab shall howl over Nebo, and over Medeba: on all their heads shall be baldness, and every beard cut off.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 48:37: every, head, bald
“Ask ye now, and see whether a man doth travail with child? wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman in travail, and all faces are turned into paleness? a man: Heb. a male”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 48:37: every, hands, loins
“This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded, Gather of it every man according to his eating, an omer for every man, according to the number of your persons; take ye every man for them which are in his tents. for every...: Heb. by the poll, or, head persons: Heb. souls”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 48:37: every, head, heb
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