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Make thee bald; O Judea and Israel, in token of sorrow for these wasting judgments, tear off thy hair with thine own hands.
Poll thee; shave off with the razor and by others’ hand what thou canst not tear off.
For thy delicate children; for the loss of them, some being slain, others starved or swept away with pestilence, and the residue carried captive; express thy deep sorrow for these miseries conformably to the custom of bitter mourning, Job_1:20 Isa_3:24 15:2 Jer_7:29.
Enlarge thy baldness; make thy baldness greater than usual, for the occasion does require and will justify it.
As the eagle; which loseth at once her strength, courage, and beauty, and languisheth in her baldness.
For they, thy delicate children,
are gone into captivity from thee; never to return more: or not till a long captivity expire.