John Trapp on Jeremiah 36:24

Ver. 24. Yet they were not afraid] Ne paulum quidem perculſi ſunt. The King and his ſervants thoſe Court-paraſites, were not ſtirred at all at ſuch a Bible-bone-fire: but jeared when they ſhould have feared, &c.

Nor rent their garments] Such was their ſtupor ſeu non-curantia, their ſecurity and inſenſibleneſs of that high offence, for which their poſterity keep a yearly faſt: See on ver. 6. Rending of garments in token of grief was in uſe alſo among the Heathens. Homer ſaith Priamus rent his clothes when he heard of the death of his ſon Hector. The like hath Virgil of his Aeneas; Tam pater Aeneas humeris abſcindere veſtem Auxilioque vocate deos.—

Suetonius ſaith the like of Jalius Caeſar, &c.Pro concione fidem militum flens & veſte à pectore diciſsâ imploravit. Suet. c. 55.