Tear themselves - Better as in the margin; “break broad for them.” It was customary upon the death of a relative to fast, and for t…

Neither shall men tear themselves. —The marginal reading, “Neither shall men break bread for them,” as in Isaiah…

He pursues the same subject: he says that all would die indiscriminately, the common people as well as the chief men, and that none would be exempt…

Neither shall men tear themselves; Either their flesh, or their clothes: or, "stretch out" ^F25 ; that is, their hands, a…

The prophet must conduct himself as one who expected to see his country ruined very shortly. Anticipating sad times, he is to abstain from marriage…

1. Here, the Lord forbids the prophet from associating with the condemned people.

First, He gives the sentence, and second, He gives …