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and they shall make themselves bald for you, and gird them with sackcloth, and they shall weep for you in bitterness of soul with bitter mourning.
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Ancient Signs of Grief
Commentators explain that making oneself bald (by shaving or tearing out hair) and wearing sackcloth were conventional, yet extreme, expressions of mourning in the ancient world. John Gill highlights that the weeping described is not a mere outward show but a genuine "bitterness of heart," indicating the profound depth of sorrow over Tyre's fall.
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Ezekiel
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Utterly bald - See Ezekiel 7:18 note.
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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