In their sight you shall bear it on your shoulder, and carry it out in the dark. You shall cover your face, so that you don’t see the land, for I have set you for a sign to the house of Israel.”
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 6. Be carried. Septuagint S. Jerom reads, “thou shalt carry thy bundles on the shoulder,” as many explain the Hebrew ( Calmet.) and also verse 7. “I bear it upon my shoulder.” verse 12. Prot. Bible.—Cover, to denote the blindness of Sedecias, ( Calmet.) or his attempt to disguise himself. Bible.—The faces of criminals were covered. Esther 7. The king and nobles escaped through a breach. Jeremiah 39:4. Calmet.—Sign. Lit. “a prodigy to,” and so forth Bible.—The actions as well as the words of the prophet indicated what would happen. Saint Jerome v. xi.