And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he rent his clothes, and said, Alas, my daughter! thou hast brought me very low, and thou art one of them that trouble me: for I have opened my mouth unto the LORD, and I cannot go back.
Ver. 35. He rent his clothes, and said, Alas, my daughter!]
“ … Usque adeo nulla est sincera voluptas,
Sollicitumque aliquid laetis intervenit … ” - Ovid.
It is seldom seen that God alloweth unto any here a perfect contentment. Something men must have to complain of, that shall give an unsavoury verdure to their sweetest morsels, and make their very felicity miserable.
And I cannot go back.] But were there no priests to inquire of, what was the law in that case? Or were they also ignorant, or forgetful? Could nobody think of Leviticus 27:4, but Jepthah must follow his own counsel?