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Ezekiel 27:31 Cross-References

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And they shall make themselves utterly bald for thee, and gird them with sackcloth, and they shall weep for thee with bitterness of heart and bitter wailing.

Ezekiel 27:31 (KJV)

Commentary on Ezekiel 27:31

And they shall cast up dust upon their heads, they shall wallow themselves in the ashes—Ancient Near Eastern mourning rituals: וְהֶעֱלוּ עָפָר עַל־רָאשֵׁיהֶם (wĕheʿĕlû ʿāphār ʿal-rāshêhem, 'cast up dust upon their heads') and בָּאֵפֶר יִתְפַּלָּשׁוּ (bāʾēpher yitpallāshû, 'in ashes they shall wallow'). The verb פָּלַשׁ (pālash, 'to roll/wallow') suggests desperate, unrestrained grief.And they shall weep for thee with bitterness of heart and bitter wailing—The repetition of מָר (mār, 'bitter') intensifies the description: מַר־נֶפֶשׁ (mar-nephesh, 'bitter of soul') and מִסְפֵּד מָר (mispēd mār, ...

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