And Tamar put ashes, &c. The ashes and the torn garments (1 Samuel 4:12; Esther 4:1), and the hands clasped above the head (Jeremiah 2:37), were all marks of grief and shame.

went on crying Went away shrieking as she went; not lamenting with silent tears, but with loud passionate shrieks and wailing.

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