Son of man, behold, I take away from thee the desire of thine eyes with a stroke: yet neither shalt thou mourn nor weep, neither shall thy tears run down.
Ver. 16. Behold, I take from thee the desire of thine eyes,] i.e., Thy wife, who is impendio dilecta et visu pergratiosa, thy dearly beloved and greatly delighted in.
With a stroke.] With pestilence, palsy, or some similar sudden death. This was no small trial of the prophet's patience and obedience. Let us learn to hang loose to all outward comforts.
Yet neither shalt thou mourn nor weep.] Which, might he have done, would have been some ease to him; a for
“ Expletur lachrymis, egeriturque dolor. ”
As hinds by calving, so do men by weeping, cast out their sorrows. Job 39:3
a Est quaedam flere voluptas. - Ovid. Fletus aerumnas lennet. - Sen.