John Gill's Exposition on Jeremiah 13:26

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Therefore will I discover thy skirts upon thy face, etc.] Turn them up, or throw them over the head or face; that is, expose to public shame and disgrace; which was done when their city and temple were burnt, and they were carried captive; hence it follows: that thy shame may appear; that their sins might appear to themselves and others, of which they had reason to be ashamed. The allusion is to the treatment which captive women sometimes meet with, or adulterous women, to which the Jews are here compared. The Targum is, “and I also will reveal the confusion of thy sin upon thy face, and thy shame shall be seen.”

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