Both the great and the small shall die in this land: they shall not be buried, neither shall men lament for them, nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them:
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Gill's Exposition
Neither shall men tear themselves,.... Either their flesh, or their clothes: or, "stretch out" (y); that is, their hands, and clap them together, and wring them, as persons in great distress do: or…
Barnes' Notes
Cut themselves ... make themselves bald - Both these practices were strictly forbidden in the Law (marginal references) probably as being pagan customs, but they seem to have remained in common use.…
The prophet is here for a sign to the people. They would not regard what he said; let it be tried whether they will regard what he does. In general, he must conduct himself so, in every thing, as…
Cambridge Bible
nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald practices common among semi-civilized races. For both together, as here, cp. Jer 47:5; for the former, Jer 41:5, and perhaps (see C.B.) Hos 7:14; for the…
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