Albert Barnes Commentary Ezekiel 7:18

"They shall also gird themselves with sackcloth, and horror shall cover them; and shame shall be upon all faces, and baldness upon all their heads." — Ezekiel 7:18 (ASV)

Various signs of mourning common in eastern countries. Baldness was forbidden to the Israelites (Deuteronomy 14:1). They seem, however, in later times to have adopted the custom of foreign nations in this matter, not without permission. Compare Isaiah 22:12.