Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
stink—arising from ulcers (Zechariah 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— (I Peter 3:3-4).
baldness— (Isaiah 3:17).
stomacher—a broad plaited girdle.
sackcloth— (II Samuel 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 (Song of Solomon 1:6).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Isaiah 3:24:
Ezekiel 7:18
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