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7. rend--garments, in mourning
(Joe 2:13);
figuratively, nations, as Israel from Judah, already foretold, in
Solomon's time
(1Ki 11:30, 31),
to be "sewed" together hereafter
(Eze 37:15, 22).
silence--
(Am 5:13),
in a national calamity, or that of a friend
(Job 2:13);
also not to murmur under God's visitation
(Le 10:3;
Ps 39:1, 2, 9).
JFB.
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