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They shall also gird themselves with sackcloth, and horror shall cover them; and shame shall be on all faces, and baldness on all their heads.
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Signs of Total Despair
Commentators explain that sackcloth, shame, and baldness were all conventional, outward signs of extreme mourning and horror in the ancient world. The prophecy indicates a judgment so devastating that it would provoke the most profound expressions of grief and terror imaginable.
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Ezekiel
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Various signs of mourning common in eastern countries. Baldness was forbidden to the Israelites (Deuteronomy 14:1). They seem, however,…
16th Century
Protestant
He continues the same sentiment. He says, such was the slaughter of the people that they would all gird themselves with sackcloth. But it hardly se…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
They shall also gird [themselves] with sackcloth As a token of mourning, (Genesis 37:34) ; and ho…
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