Neh 13:25 | JFB | STEP | 25. cursed them-- that is, pronounced on them an anathema which entailed excommunication. smote ... and plucked off their hair-- To cut off the hair of offenders seems to be a punishment rather disgraceful than severe; yet it is supposed that pain was added to disgrace, and that they tore off the hair with violence as if they were plucking a bird alive.

‏ Nehemiah 13:25

25. cursed them--that is, pronounced on them an anathema which entailed excommunication.

smote ... and plucked off their hair--To cut off the hair of offenders seems to be a punishment rather disgraceful than severe; yet it is supposed that pain was added to disgrace, and that they tore off the hair with violence as if they were plucking a bird alive.