Yehezkiel 44:20

44:20 “‘They must not shave their heads ¹  nor let their hair grow long; ²  they must only trim their heads.

Yehezkiel 5:1

5:1 “As for you, son of man, take a sharp sword and use it as a barber’s razor. ³  Shave off some of the hair from your head and your beard. ⁴  Then take scales and divide up the hair you cut off.

Yehezkiel 7:18

7:18 They will wear sackcloth, terror will cover them; shame will be on all their faces, and all of their heads will be shaved bald. ⁵ 

Yehezkiel 5:11

5:11 “Therefore, as surely as I live, says the sovereign Lord, because you defiled my sanctuary with all your detestable idols and with all your abominable practices, I will withdraw; my eye will not pity you, nor will I spare ⁶  you.

[44:20]  ¹ sn The shaving of the head was associated with mourning (Ezek 7:18).

[44:20]  ² sn Letting the hair grow was associated with the taking of a vow (Num 6:5; Acts 21:23-26).

[5:1]  ³ tn The Hebrew word occurs only here in the OT.

[5:1]  ⁴ tn Heb, “pass (it) over your head and your beard.”

[7:18]  ⁵ tn Heb “baldness will be on their heads.”

[5:11]  ⁶ tn The meaning of the Hebrew term is primarily emotional: “to pity,” which in context implies an action, as in being moved by pity in order to spare them from the horror of their punishment.