Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

stink--arising from ulcers (Zac 14:12). girdle--to gird up the loose Eastern garments, when the person walked. rent--the Septuagint, better, a "rope," an emblem of poverty; the poor have nothing else to gird up their clothes with. well-set hair-- (Pe1 3:3-4). baldness-- (Isa 3:17). stomacher--a broad plaited girdle. sackcloth-- (Sa2 3:31). burning--a sunburnt countenance, owing to their hoods and veils being stripped off, while they had to work as captives under a scorching sun (Sol 1:6).