John Gill's Exposition on Jeremiah 6:26

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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, etc.] Either as a token of repentance for sin; so the king of Nineveh and his subjects did, to show their repentance, (Jon 3:6,8) or as a sign of mourning, for the calamities coming on them, (<013734>Genesis 37:34) and wallow thyself in ashes; or roll thyself in them, as a token of the same. The Targum is, “cover your heads with ashes.” Make thee mourning as for an only son; which of all is the most bitter: and therefore it is added, most bitter lamentation; (see <381210>Zechariah 12:10). For the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us; namely, Nebuchadnezzar, that would spoil their cities, towns, villages, and houses, and them of all their wealth and substance, and carry it away.

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