Jamieson, Fausset and Brown on Isaiah 3:24
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Isaiah3:24
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--(Is 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).
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