And when a relative of the dead, with one who will burn the bodies, picks up the bodies to take them out of the house, he will say to one inside the house, “Are there any more with you?” Then someone will say, “None.” And he will say, “Hold your tongue! For we dare not mention the name of the Lord.”
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