Therefore will I discover thy skirts upon thy face, turn them up, or throw them over the head or face; that is, expose to public shame and disgrace.

It was the custom to punish lewd women by stripping them naked, and exposing them to public view; or by throwing their clothes over their heads, as here ...

Therefore will I discover thy skirts upon thy face Turn them up, or throw them over the head or face; that is, expose to public shame and disgrace.

This verse is a metaphor for the exposure of the people's sins and the resulting shame and disgrace that will follow.

In this context, the verse portrays God's dismay over Jerusalem's adulterous behavior, comparing the city's actions to shameful and lewd conduct. This imagery ...

Jeremiah 13:26 Meaning and Commentary The allusion is to the treatment which captive women sometimes meet with, or adulterous women, to which the Jews are here ...

26 окт. 2022 г. · It's like saying, "You may be able to cover up your sex organs, but you can't cover up the sins you've done with them, not from God.".

This chapter seems to be a compilation of several signs and prophetic words given to Jeremiah at different times. A. The Sign of the Linen Sash.

The doctrine is that there are certain evils into which men fall which may appear to be external, matters of custom and observance, but which have really their ...

The Lord asks of Jerusalem, whether she is determined not be made clean. If any poor slave of sin feels that he could as soon change his nature as master his ...