Matthew Poole and continuators on Ezekiel 7:18

18 They shall also gird themselves with sackcloth, and horror shall cover them, and shame shall be on all faces, and baldness upon all their heads.

A very general usage in the Eastern parts in deepest sorrows and distresses to put Sackcloth on, and to gird it close to their bodies.

Either dreadful apprehensions of growing evils, or continued shakings from impressions of what formerly they felt according to Lev. 26.16.36.

Be on every side, no side safety or quiet, and confidence.

Of disappointment which breeds consternation and shame of conscious guilt and unbecoming deportment which fills the countenance as much with blushing, as it fills the Conscience with guilt and sin.

Either by pulling off the hair amidst their sorrows. Or, cutting off their hair in token of greatest mourning, Isa. 15.2. Ier. 7.29. and 48.37. Amos 8.10.

Marginal references: Isa. 15.2, 3. Jer. 48.37.