Isa 3:24, Jer 48:37, Mic 1:16 | JFB | e4.org | 24. stink —arising from ulcers ( ). girdle —to gird up the loose Eastern garments, when the person walked. rent —the Septuagint, better, a "rope," an emblem of poverty; the poor have nothing else to gird up their clothes with. well-set hair — ( ). baldness — ( ). stomacher —a broad plaited girdle. sackcloth — ( ). burning —a sunburnt countenance, owing to their hoods and veils being stripped off, while they had to work as captives under a scorching sun ( ).

‏ Isaiah 3:24

24. stink—arising from ulcers (Zec 14:12).

girdle—to gird up the loose Eastern garments, when the person walked.

rent—the Septuagint, better, a "rope," an emblem of poverty; the poor have nothing else to gird up their clothes with.

well-set hair— (1Pe 3:3, 4).

baldness— (Isa 3:17).

stomacher—a broad plaited girdle.

sackcloth— (2Sa 3:31).

burning—a sunburnt countenance, owing to their hoods and veils being stripped off, while they had to work as captives under a scorching sun (So 1:6).

‏ Jeremiah 48:37

37. (See on Jer 47:5; Isa 15:2, 3).

upon all . . . hands—that is, arms, in which such cuttings used to be made in token of grief (compare Zec 13:6).

‏ Micah 1:16

16. Make thee bald, &c.—a token of deep mourning (Ezr 9:3; Job 1:20). Mourn, O land, for thy darling children.

poll—shave off thy hair.

enlarge thy baldness—Mourn grievously. The land is compared to a mother weeping for her children.

as the eagle—the bald eagle, or the dark-winged vulture. In the moulting season all eagles are comparatively bald (compare Ps 103:5).