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Ezekiel 7:18

Ezekiel 7:18

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public Domain

They shall also gird, etc. The words become more general, and include those who should remain in the city as well as the fugitives. For both there should be the inward feelings of horror and shame, and their outward symbols of sackcloth (; 2 Samuel 3:31, 2 Samuel 3:32; 2 Kings 6:30; ; , et al.

) and baldness (; ; ; ).

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