Verse 22

And ye have done as I have done, On the upper lip ye are not covered, And bread of men ye do not eat.

Referenced Verses

• Job 27:15 : 15 His remnant in death are buried, And his widows do not weep.
• Ps 78:64 : 64 His priests by the sword have fallen, And their widows weep not.
• Jer 16:4-7 : 4 Of painful deaths they die, They are not lamented, nor are they buried, For dung on the face of the ground they are, And by sword and by famine are consumed, And their carcase hath been for food To the fowl of the heavens, And to the beast of the earth. 5 For thus said Jehovah: Do not enter the house of a mourning-feast, Nor go to lament nor bemoan for them, For I have removed My peace from this people, An affirmation of Jehovah, The kindness and the mercies. 6 And died have great and small in this land, They are not buried, and none lament for them, Nor doth any cut himself, nor become bald for them. 7 Nor do they deal out to them for mourning, To comfort him concerning the dead, Nor cause them to drink a cup of consolations For his father and for his mother.
• Jer 47:3 : 3 From the sound of the stamping of the hoofs of his mighty ones, From the rushing of his chariot, the noise of his wheels, Fathers have not turned unto sons, From feebleness of hands,
• Ezek 24:16-17 : 16 `Son of man, lo, I am taking from thee the desire of thine eyes by a stroke, and thou dost not mourn, nor weep, nor let thy tear come. 17 Cease to groan, `for' the dead thou dost make no mourning, thy bonnet bind on thee, and thy shoes thou dost put on thy feet, and thou dost not cover over the upper lip, and bread of men thou dost not eat.'
• Amos 6:9-9 : 9 And if there are left ten persons in one house, It hath come to pass -- that they have died. 10 And lifted him up hath his loved one, even his burner, To bring forth the bones from the house, And he said to him who `is' in the sides of the house, `Is there yet with thee?' And he said, `None,' then he said, `Hush! Save to make mention of the name of Jehovah.'