Jeremiah 7:29
Cut off thine hair, O Jerusalem, and cast it away, and take up a lamentation on high places; for the Lord hath rejected and forsaken the generation of his wrath.
Cross-reference
In Jeremiah 48:37, shaved heads and cut beards for Moab directly parallel the same mourning symbol commanded here.
In Jeremiah 16:6, the absence of mourning rites contrasts with the command to cut hair and lament in this verse.
Jeremiah 6:30 says 'the Lord has rejected them'—directly echoes the rejection statement here.
In Jeremiah 47:5, baldness on Gaza parallels the cutting of hair as a sign of mourning, though applied to a different nation.
In Jeremiah 9:17-21, the same book describes calling professional mourners—another lament for the fallen.
Jeremiah 9:10 continues the lamentation theme — a parallel call to weep over the land's desolation under judgment.
Acts 2:40 urges escape from this 'crooked generation' — the same phrase from Deuteronomy 32:5 Jeremiah alludes to.
Micah 1:16 directly parallels: 'make yourselves bald' for children in exile—same command and context.
2 Kings 17:20 says the Lord rejected all Israel and cast them out—the same historical rejection.
Deuteronomy 32:5 describes a corrupt, crooked generation — the same imagery Jeremiah uses for the generation rejected by God.
Ezra 9:3 shows Ezra pulling hair from his head in grief over Israel's sin — paralleling Jeremiah's symbolic mourning.
Matthew 23:36 pronounces judgment on 'this generation' — directly picking up Jeremiah's theme of a generation facing wrath.
In Luke 11:50, Jesus holds the generation accountable for prophet's blood, echoing Jeremiah's lament over a rejected generation.
Isaiah 15:3 adds wailing and sackcloth—public mourning rituals similar to the lament called for here.
In Isaiah 15:2, Moab also shaves heads in mourning—parallel ritual of lament for judgment.
In Matthew 3:7, John the Baptist warns the 'brood of vipers' of coming wrath — echoing Jeremiah's generation under divine judgment.
Matthew 12:39 calls this generation 'evil and adulterous' — parallel to Jeremiah's generation rejected for unfaithfulness.
Matthew 16:4 repeats 'evil and adulterous generation' — mirroring Jeremiah's condemnation of a faithless generation.
Leviticus 10:6 forbids priests to dishevel hair in mourning — contrasting Jeremiah's command to cut hair and lament over national sin.
Ezekiel 19:1 commands a lament for the princes of Israel—similar call to mourning.
Ezekiel 28:12 commands a lament for the king of Tyre—same prophetic action of taking up a lament.
In Amos 5:1, the same lamentation call is used — both prophets summon Israel to mourn God's judgment.