The Pulpit Commentary on Ezekiel 7:18

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

They shall also gird, etc. The words become more general, and include those who should remain in the city as well as the fugitives. For both there should be the inward feelings of horror and shame, and their outward symbols of sackcloth (Genesis 37:34; 2 Samuel 3:31, 2 Samuel 3:32; 2 Kings 6:30; Isaiah 15:3; Jeremiah 4:8, et al.

) and baldness (Isaiah 3:24; Isaiah 15:2; Isaiah 22:12; Amos 8:10).

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