Then one’s uncle, or his undertaker, will lift him up to carry out his bones from the house, and he will say to the one who is in the innermost part of the house, “Is anyone else with you?” And that one will say, “No one.” Then he will answer, “Keep quiet! For the name of the Lord is not to be mentioned.”
Commentaries
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And a man’s uncle ... and he that burneth him - Literally, “and there shall take him up his uncle and his burner,” that is, his uncle who, a…
Charles Ellicott
CharlesEllicott
Ten ... uncle.—In some large house, it might be that ten are left, but even these are devoured by the pestilence …
John Calvin
JohnCalvin
In the beginning of the verse, the Prophet expresses more clearly what he had just said—that the pestilence would be so severe as to consume the wh…
John Gill
JohnGill
And a man's uncle shall take him up
That is, his father's brother, as Kimchi; or his near kinsman, as the Targum; to…
Matthew Henry
MatthewHenry
How dreadful, how miserable, is the case of those whose eternal ruin the Lord himself has sworn; for he can execute his purpose, and none can alter…
Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes