Ezekiel 7:18

They shall also gird themselves with sackcloth, and horror shall cover them; and shame shall be upon all faces, and baldness upon all their heads.

Cross-reference

Ezekiel 27:31 describes making oneself bald and wearing sackcloth in lament for Tyre—identical mourning practices to those in Ezekiel 7:18.

Isaiah 3:24 Parallel

Isaiah 3:24 uses baldness and sackcloth as signs of judgment and humiliation—the same symbols of mourning in Ezekiel.

Isaiah 15:2 Parallel

In Isaiah 15:2, the same mourning practice of shaved heads appears in Moab's lament.

In Jeremiah 48:37, shaved heads, cut beards, and sackcloth together depict mourning over Moab's judgment.

Amos 8:10 Parallel

In Amos 8:10, God turns feasts to mourning with sackcloth and baldness on every head.

Ezra 9:3 Parallel

In Ezra 9:3, Ezra tears his hair and beard in mourning over sin, matching the baldness and sackcloth of Ezekiel 7:18 as grief rituals.

Jeremiah 47:5 says baldness has come upon Gaza as judgment—directly parallel to the baldness of Ezekiel 7:18 as a sign of divine wrath.

Jeremiah 51:51 says 'disgrace has covered our faces'—identical imagery of shame covering faces from Ezekiel 7:18.

In Lamentations 2:10, elders sit in sackcloth with dust on heads—same mourning attire and posture as the baldness and sackcloth in Ezekiel 7:18.

Joel 1:13 Parallel

Joel 1:13 calls priests to gird themselves with sackcloth and lament—a direct command to do what Ezekiel 7:18 says will happen in judgment.

Leviticus 19:27 forbids rounding off the hair in pagan mourning; here baldness comes as judgment—a contrast between law and its violation.

In Jeremiah 3:25, Israel confesses their shame covering them, mirroring the shame on all faces.

In Revelation 6:15-17, the terror of judgment similarly drives people to hide and cry out, echoing the horror and shame of Ezekiel 7:18.