Arise thou therefore, get thee to thine own house: and when thy feet enter into the city, the child shall die.
The child shall die. The death and general lamentation felt throughout the country at the loss of the prince were also predicted. The reason of the profound regret shown at his death arose, according to Jewish writers, from his being decidedly opposed to the erection of the golden calves, and using his influence with his father to allow his subjects the free privilege of going to worship in Jerusalem.