They make themselves bald for you and gird themselves with sackcloth, and they weep over you with bitterness of soul and bitter mourning, escalating the mourning gestures to include self-mutilation (baldness) and the wearing of sackcloth. The phrase 'bitterness of soul' suggests that the mourning is not merely external performance but reflects genuine spiritual devastation. The repetition of 'bitter' underscores the depth of grief expressed.

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