Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Nehemiah 13:25:
Malachi 2:13
2 Corinthians 11:20
1 Timothy 3:3
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