Mourning women ... cunning women. —Eastern funerals were, and are, attended by mourners, chiefly women, hired for…

These were the hired mourners, the women who were paid to go to funerals and simulate grief. "Send for your weepers now," said the LORD of…

In this passage, as in many others, the Prophet endeavors by a striking representation to truly touch the hearts of his people, for he saw that the…

Thus says the Lord of hosts, consider you the punishment that was just coming upon them, as Kimchi; or the words that the…

In Zion, the voice of joy and praise used to be heard while the people kept close to God; but sin has altered the sound—it is now the voice of lame…

1. Here, the prophet threatens punishment against the people themselves.

   1. First, he specifies the punishment in terms of aff…