And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping and to mourning and to baldness and to And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:

In that day did the Lord God of hosts call to weeping. Usually the priests gave the summons to national mourning (Joel 1:13); now Yahweh Himself shall give it. The "call" shall consist in the presence of a terrible foe.

And to baldness. Plucking off the hair or shaving the to heed was an emblem of grief (; .)

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