²⁸ They shouted loudly, and cut themselves^(A) with knives and spears, according to their custom, until blood gushed over them.

⁶ ‘Both great and small will die in this land without burial. No lament will be made for them, nor will anyone cut himself or^(A) shave his head for them.^[a]

⁵ eighty men came from Shechem, Shiloh,^(A) and Samaria^(B) who had shaved their beards,^(C) torn their clothes, and gashed themselves, and^(D) who were carrying grain and incense offerings to bring to the temple of the Lord.^(E)

³⁷ Indeed, every head is bald and every beard is chopped short.^(A) On every hand is a gash^(B) and sackcloth^(C) round the waist.