Isa 3:24, Jer 48:37, Mic 1:16 | JFB | STEP | 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--(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).

‏ Jeremiah 48:37

37. (See on Jr 47:5; Is 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 Psa 103:5).