In their sight thou shalt be carried out upon men’s shoulders, thou shalt be carried out in the dark: thou shalt cover thy face, and shalt not see the ground: for I have set thee for a sign of things to come to the house of Israel.
George Leo Haydock
Be carried. (Septuagint) St. Jerome reads, “thou shalt carry thy bundles on the shoulder,” as many explain the Hebrew, (Calmet) and also ver. 7. “I bear it upon my shoulder,” ver. 12. (Protestants) (Haydock) — Cover, to denote the blindness of Sedecias, (Calmet) or his attempt to disguise himself. (Haydock) — The faces of criminals were covered, Esther vii. The king and nobles escaped through a breach, Jeremias xxxix. 4. (Calmet) — Sign. Literally, “a prodigy to,” &c. (Haydock) — The actions as well as the words of the prophet indicated what would happen. (St. Jerome, ver. 11.)
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