Neither shall men tear themselves for them in mourning, to comfort them for the dead; neither shall men give them the cup of consolation to drink for their father or for their mother.
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Gill's Exposition
Thou shall not also go into the house of feasting,.... Which it was lawful to do, and which the prophet doubtless had done at other times; but now a time of calamity coming on, it was not proper he…
Barnes' Notes
Tear themselves - Better as in the margin; “break broad for them.” It was customary upon the death of a relative to fast, and for the friends and neighbors after a decent delay to come and comfort the…
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
breakbread for them The same verb as in Isa 58:7 ("deal"). There the word for bread (leḥem) stands in MT., and a very slight change here would convert "for them" (Heb. lahem) into the same word. If on…
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