Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jonah 3:7
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7. neither . . . beast . . . taste any thing —The brute creatures share in the evil effects of man's sin ( Jonah 4:11 ; Romans 8:20 ; Romans 8:22 ); so they here according to Eastern custom, are made to share in man's outward indications of humiliation. "When the Persian general Masistias was slain, the horses and mules of the Persians were shorn, as well as themselves" [NEWCOME from PLUTARCH; also HERODOTUS, 9.24]. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-8" class="com-number"
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