Jer 7:29 | NET2full | STEP | So mourn, you people of this nation. Cut off your hair and throw it away . Sing a song of mourning on the hilltops . For the Lord has decided to reject and forsake this generation that has provoked his wrath !’”

‏ Jeremiah 7:29

29 So mourn, ^{▼▼tn The word “mourn” is not in the text. It is supplied in the translation for clarity to explain the significance of the words “Cut your hair and throw it away.”} ^{▼▼sn See Mic 1:16 and Job 1:20 for other examples of this practice that was involved in mourning.} you people of this nation. ^{▼▼tn The words, “you people of this nation” are not in the text. Many English versions supply “Jerusalem.” The address shifts from second masculine singular addressing Jeremiah (vv. 27-28a) to second feminine singular. It causes less disruption in the flow of the context to see the nation as a whole addressed here as a feminine singular entity (as, e.g., in 2:19, 23; 3:2, 3; 6:26) than to introduce a new entity, Jerusalem.} Cut off your hair and throw it away. Sing a song of mourning on the hilltops. For the Lord has decided to reject ^{▼▼tn The verbs here are the Hebrew scheduling perfects. For this use of the perfect see GKC 312 §106.m.} and forsake this generation that has provoked his wrath!’” ^{▼▼tn Heb “the generation of his wrath.”}