16 The men of Memphis and Tahpanhes have shaved the crown of your head.
Jeremiah 2:16
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36 Therefore My heart laments like a flute for Moab; it laments like a flute for the men of Kir-heres, because the wealth they acquired has perished. 37 For every head is shaved and every beard is clipped; on every hand is a gash, and around every waist is sackcloth.
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Ezekiel 7:17–19
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