Ezr 9:3 | JFB | STEP | 3. when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my mantle, &c.-- the outer and inner garment, which was a token not only of great grief, but of dread at the same time of the divine wrath; plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard-- which was a still more significant sign of overpowering grief.

‏ Ezra 9:3

3. when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my mantle, &c.--the outer and inner garment, which was a token not only of great grief, but of dread at the same time of the divine wrath;

plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard--which was a still more significant sign of overpowering grief.