Jeremiah 7:29

“Cut off thine hair, O Jerusalem, and cast it away, etc.] This supplement is made, because the word is feminine; and therefore cannot be directed to the prophet, but to Jerusalem, and its inhabitants; shaving the head is a sign of mourning, (<180120>Job 1:20) and this is enjoined, to show that there would soon be a reason for it; wherefore it follows: and take up a lamentation on high places: that it might be heard afar off; or because of the idolatry frequently committed in high places. The Targum is, “pluck off the hair for thy great ones that are carried captive, and take up a lamentation for the princes:” for the Lord hath rejected and forsaken the generation of his wrath; a generation of…”

“Jeremiah addresses Jerusalem under the figure of a woman, who, in grief for her lost children, deprives her head of its chief ornament and goes up to the hills to weep (Jdg 11:37-38; Isa 15:2). hair--flowing locks, like those of a Nazarite. high places--The scene of her idolatries is to be the scene of her mourning (Jer 3:21). generation of his wrath--the generation with which He is wroth. So Isa 10:6; "the people of My wrath."”

“Jeremiah summons the people to lament over the miserable consequences of their rejection of God. In the valley of Hinnom, where lately they offered their innocents, they shall themselves fall before the enemy in such multitudes that burial shall be impossible, and the beasts of the field unmolested shall prey upon their remains. Jeremiah 7:29 The daughter of Zion, defiled by the presence of enemies in her sanctuary, and rejected of God, must shear off the diadem of her hair, the symbol of her consecration to God, just as the Nazarite, when defiled by contact with a corpse, was to shave his crowned head. Take up a lamentation ... - Or, lift up a “lamentation on the bare hill-sides” Jeremiah…”

“Cut off thine hair - This was an usual token of sorrow among the Jews. On high places - Upon the high places where thou wentest a whoring from me. The generation - A generation destined to the wrath of God. Jeremiah 7:30”

“Cut: Jer 16:6, Jer 47:5, Jer 48:37; Job 1:20; Isa 15:2, Isa 15:3; Mic 1:16 and take: Jer 9:17-21; Eze 19:1, Eze 28:12 for: Jer 6:30; Kg2 17:20; Zac 11:8, Zac 11:9 generation: Deu 32:5; Mat 3:7, Mat 12:39, Mat 16:4, Mat 23:36; Act 2:40 Jeremiah 7:30”

“Therefore the Lord has rejected the backsliding people, so that it shall perish shamefully. - Jer 7:29. "Cut off thy diadem (daughter of Zion), and cast it away, and lift up a lamentation on the bald peaked mountains; for the Lord hath rejected and cast out the generation of His wrath. Jer 7:30. For the sons of Judah have done the evil in mine eyes, saith Jahveh, have put their abominations in the house on which my name is named, to pollute it; Jer 7:31. And have built the high places of Tophet, which is in the valley of Benhinnom, to burn their sons and daughters in the fire; which I have not commanded, neither came it into my heart. Jer 7:32. Therefore, behold, the days come, saith Jahveh,…”