Nah 3:5-6 | Clarke | e4.org | Verse 5. I will discover thy skirts upon thy face ] It was an ancient, though not a laudable custom, to strip prostitutes naked, or throw their clothes over their heads, and expose them to public view, and public execration. This verse alludes to such a custom.

‏ Nahum 3:5-6

Verse 5. I will discover thy skirts upon thy face] It was an ancient, though not a laudable custom, to strip prostitutes naked, or throw their clothes over their heads, and expose them to public view, and public execration. This verse alludes to such a custom.

Verse 6. I will cast abominable filth upon thee] I will set thee as a gazing-stock. This was a punishment precisely like our pillory. They put such women in the pillory as a gazing-stock; and then, children and others threw mud, dirt, and filth of all kinds at them.