Keep thy foot from being bare, and thy throat from thirst. But thou saidst: I have lost all hope, I will not do it: for I have loved strangers, and I will walk after them.
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown
Withhold, &c.--that is, abstain from incontinence; figuratively for idolatry [HOUBIGANT]. unshod, &c.--do not run so violently in pursuing lovers, as to wear out thy shoes: do not "thirst" so incontinently after sexual intercourse. HITZIG thinks the reference is to penances performed barefoot to idols, and the thirst occasioned by loud and continued invocations to them. no hope-- (Jer 18:12; Isa 57:10). "It is hopeless," that is, I am desperately resolved to go on in my own course. strangers--that is, laying aside the metaphor, "strange gods" (Jer 3:13; Deu 32:16).
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