yes, they shall be afraid of heights, and terrors will be on the way; and the almond tree shall blossom, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail; because man goes to his everlasting home, and the mourners go about the streets;
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 5. Way. They shall walk bent down, and afraid of rough ground.—Flourish. Their head shall become white, like the almond-flower. Jeremiah 1:11.—Fat. Septuagint “heavy.”—Destroyed. The hair shall fall off. Calmet.—Concupiscence shall be extinct. Vat. Tirinus.—Eternity. The body being consigned to the grave, and the soul to the region of spirits, to have no farther concern with the transactions of the world. Bible. Job 7:9.—Street. This custom is often mentioned. Herod. ii. 85. Lu. 7:32.—The women dance, having one ( Calmet.) or two old people disfigured in the midst of them, to recount the actions of the deceased. Brun.