Notes, Critical and Explanatory, on the Holy Scriptures

Persons were styled naked when they were without their outward garments. a The prophet is thought, by some, to have continued for three years to present himself in this •tats, in order to excite attention to the impending calamity. St. Jerome remarks: MIt signifies that Egypt and Ethiopia are to be laid waste in three years by the Assyrians."

Their appearance as bondmen, led into captivity, is represented in humiliating terms.