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 Isaiah 3:24, Isaiah 15:2 Jeremiah 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.

Continues after advertising
Continues after advertising