CORD. To put Cords about ones Reins, or to girt ones self about with a Cord, was a mark of Sorrow and Humiliation. God loosetb the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a girdle, says Job. Job xii. 18.The servants of Benhadad King of Syria presented themselves before the King of Israel with sackcleth upon their loins, and 1 Kings xx. 31,32.ropes on their heads, imploring Ahab’s clemency to Benhadad. Isaiah iii. 24. threatens the Daughters of Sion with giving them pro zona funiculum, Cords for Girdles.
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