Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
cast clouts—"torn clothes" [HENDERSON].
rotten rags—"worn-out garments." God can make the meanest things His instruments of goodness to His people (I Corinthians 1:27-29).
under . . . armholes—"under the joints of thine hands," that is, where the fingers join the hand, the clothes being in order that the hands should not be cut by the cords [MAURER].
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Jeremiah 38:11:
Psalms 40:1-3
Isaiah 51:14
Jeremiah 39:15-18
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